That is because I happen to have a handicap. To write what I have written thus far has been hard because I’ve been typing all day. I have a back problem that makes me temporarily lose a great deal of the motor control of my right hand and leg if I overexert.
To type this, I am mostly doing it with my left hand as I can’t move the fingers of my right dextrously enough to type with both. So, when this happens, I spend a lot of time fixing typos and it takes me down to about 14 wpm.
I wish to respond at length to the posts you mentioned. I cannot do that with the way my hand is. I will be in Seattle tomorrow. I will respond on Monday at the latest.
And I’m sure that in the interviening time, SPOOFE will just use this as another example of my martyrdom.
He didn’t tell you what you want. He simply said that you DO want something. Mayhap you shouldn’t be so hasty in responding to other people’s posts?
True 'nough. You’re on the right track with this one.
But you have a bad track record of doing such, or else A: this thread wouldn’t exist, and B: there wouldn’t be so many people telling you that you often behave in such a manner.
In my last post I was presuming nothing about what you want except that such a thing exists. You seem to want equal rights for gays. You certainly have strong opinions on the matter. You probably also have some idea of how best to achieve that, and exactly what the current state of affairs is as far as gay rights go. In december’s case, a disagreement over certain issues (such as the number of gay teens subjected to harrassment) seems to have led you to believe that he is opposed to gay rights.
Yes, he repeated “facts” that were misleading or incorrect and that were the product of homophobes. However, it seems obvious that he was doing so because he believed said facts were true, not as a means of furthering any sort of homophobic agenda. Your assumptions as to his motivations is more a product of your own mind than a rational reaction to anything he said. Also, calling people names doesn’t serve to advance the debate, just as you’re probably more likely to consider what I’ve said in this post than in the ones where I’ve called you an asshole.
“I know what you are but what am I?” Sounds familiar Hastur? You brought the flames onto yourself and keep doing so. If you’re gonna flame me, call me a kangaroo-cock faced pubic lice sucker. Be original at least.
Oh, I get it. You are a hypocrite elsewhere, but we are not allowed to bring that to your attention here, eh? The fact is, is that it is related to the matter at hand in that you wrote IN THIS THREAD . . . .
. . . . when in fact you are by far the worst offender here or anywhere else on the board, and continue being so. Can you explain to the rest of us how your statement above isn’t showing complete hypocrisy to your actions on numerous other threads? In fact, hypocrisy is one of your more infamous traits regardless of what thread is being discussed.
Now tell me how I rewrote history. Did you or did you not claim to have the ability to perform magic? Did you or did you not say you would prove it in person? Did you or did you not back out like your ass was on fire when someone offered to come to you so you could prove your powers? Did you or did you not act like a spastic crybaby when called on it?
So tell me, what history did I rewrite?
Speaking of proof, I’m still waiting for proof that I follow you around the board. Do you have it or can we assume you are lying?
Oh, and nice attempt to pull out the disability card when if fact you have spent a great deal of time and pain replying to a select few. All one has to do is look at the time and effort you have already put into this thread. Obviously, your pain comes and goes depending on whom you feel like replying to - or not replying to.
Hummmm. . . . interesting comment.
I just came home from an awesome night out with friends. You obviously have spent a Saturday night home playing Pin The Tail On The Martyr. You may want to take some of your own advice, looks like you could use it.
Just how many martyrs, gay or otherwise, does one Board really need?
Where and how did Diane re-write history about your claim to magic? I followed that entire sequence of events very carefully, and determined you have 0% credibility anymore on any topic until you back up your claim, or withdraw it.
And about the disability claim - I’m sorry, you can’t pull that one. You and I know a certain someone who would say contemptuously that claims like that are just “a list of “real life” excuses”. I’m sure he’ll post here to condemn you just as much as I was, or else show he is a just preferential hypocrite.
I’ve never before mentioned my disability. I just didn’t post because I couldn’t. When I lose the fine motor control of my right hand and arm, I have to take some Aleve and not use it for a few hours.
I was explaining to yosemitebabe why I didn’t respond at length. I COULDN’T.
Techchick and others can post threads ad infinitum on their woes and get sympathy. I explain why something will be late and get antagonism and belittled by you and Diane the Mega Cunt.
Unlike some on here, I don’t rant and whine about health problems and try to get the board to come to my aid with sympathy.
Guys, Lord knows I am no fan of Hastur’s, but can we let the magic thing prop? It was done and done to death, and if it is always hanging over Hastur’s head, he soon won’t be able to get involved in any heated discussion without someone pulling it out like a trump card. He goofed there, and left himself no graceful way out. We’ve all done something really foolish somewhere that we desperatly hoped people would just forget. Let’s bitch about his behavior this week, not months ago.
But Hastur, next time your disability kicks in, don’t just reply to posts where you can sound self-rightous and indignant. Better not to post at all until you feel up to it, or to respond in order until you get tired.
I had been typing all day getting ready for a seminar that I leave for in 15 minutes. I can only type for a few hours, and then my right hand starts slipping on the keys and locks up. That I should be criticize for such a thing and then have it questioned and treated as an evasion tactic is disgusting.
Hastur, you have my sympathies for your disability. And as I’ve said before, I really have no huge stake in this. But the thing I keep coming back to is - you still had time to respond to some people. Some people. You obviously are going to have to pace yourself because of the disability, and I understand that. But who you decided you needed to reply to right away, and who you decided could wait is still making me ponder.
Hastur, why is it “disgusting” for some of us to wonder why you pick who you pick to respond to first? Manda JO and I are certainly not unsympathetic of your disability. But I personally don’t get something - if I had only so much energy, and I had a whole lot of people who I needed to respond to, I’d either go down the list, (like MandaJO suggests) or I’d pick the most comprehensive and reasoned posts first. I wouldn’t use my precious energy to respond to posts with throw-away lines first.
Well, that’s what I’d do - that’s what makes sense to me. You can do whatever you want. But it might get the rest of us pondering.
What’s the matter? Can’t you answer any of the questions I have asked you? Can’t you provide valid proof that I follow you around the board? Can you tell me just where I rewrote history? Can you show us why we shouldn’t think of you as a self-professed martyr?
No? Then in typical Hastur form, you offer nothing but a vile, disgusting comment. Impressive. :rolleyes:
And that forces you to have the ability to answer, in length, to only the chosen few, how? Come on Hastur, all one has to do is look at this thread to see the amount and length of your many entries. No one here is quesioning your disability, but maybe you need to come up with a better excuse. This one is leaking water so fast it hasn’t had a chance to even get damp.
Thank you! I have been told that it is very nice but no one has ever used the exact term “mega”! I’m thinking of using that the next time I’m whispering nasty things in bed.
Manda JO – The infamous magic thread never would have been brought up had Hastur not written this little gem of hypocrisy. What better way to show him the big mirror than using one of his latest circus acts? Again, the only reason it was brought up is for the blaring hypocrisy of this statement:
Hey SPOOFE! Can I get one of those crosses for my husband?
Hastur you DO seem to have a homophobe-phobia, but you’re a pretty cool guy generally.
Remember that most of us are here to dispel ignorance (while having some fun), we’re not against you. I’m sure the vast majority of us would hop on your bandwagon if (and when ::sigh::) a true homophobe shows up. You just seem to have an itchy trigger finger and would be better served by saving the big guns for the assholes that truly deserve it.
You misogynistic bastard. You want women to be slaves in mills now, working 16 hour days until they get knocked up, whereupon they’ll be made to give birth in the mill infirmary, and be put back to work after mere minutes to recuperate?
How can you be so against women’s rights? You’re obviously a bigot whose own conservative viewpoint is too shortsighted and just plain wrong to see the fact that women have just as many rights as EVERYONE. The fact that you can possibly be such a giant gynophobe (hey, I made up a word!) shows the true nature of your beliefs in this area.
Oh, and you’re a hypocrite for not capitalizing the t in “the.”