tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post4037358913826108318..comments2024-03-29T03:43:45.977-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: UnarmedDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-53935214914528480252018-02-13T06:54:54.838-05:002018-02-13T06:54:54.838-05:00I'm sure Bad King John protested that his baro...I'm sure Bad King John protested that his barons should be concentrating on the real issues, not frivolously preserving their liberty and property. Magna Carta was a terrible distraction from the real business of government.<br /><br />So a possible alliance goes unmade, and two people are upset, where two people might have been encouraged. It never ceases to amaze me how consistently revolutionaries of all kinds are more eager to scold one another than to make common cause.<br /><br />"But you were supposed to be on my side!" "I am, I'm just not you. Are you on mine?"<br /><br />"Shameless self-promotion" suggests that you have more success than your accuser at communicating and recruiting allies. Whadda you know, respect and humour work better than venom.<br /><br />Nameless accuser, there are allies. Don't despair of that. Do try different recruiting methods next time. ��Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-55729377256309958802018-02-12T19:25:11.919-05:002018-02-12T19:25:11.919-05:00I'm starting to wonder if all of these attacke...I'm starting to wonder if all of these attackers are actually members of the communities they claim to be in. After the discovery of troll-mills outside the US flooding English-language social media with non-factual news, and factual news with misleading headlines, I'm seeing an increase in people posting attacks on, essentially, anyone for anything. As if the fun is specifically in making someone else feel bad, or even in shutting them up.<br /><br />Pretty sure most of the community wants you to keep using your considerable reach and importantly articulate blog to keep right on speaking up.<br /><br />And I wish I could protect you from the trolls.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-74932407520285031922018-02-12T18:54:50.376-05:002018-02-12T18:54:50.376-05:00I believe that you and I are on the same side, Dav...I believe that you and I are on the same side, Dave.<br /><br />I am proud and happy to say that.<br /><br />So there.wheeliecronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10570378001102933660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-72030356770369969802018-02-12T17:49:06.443-05:002018-02-12T17:49:06.443-05:00If you count us all, there are more of US than of ...If you count us all, there are more of US than of THEM. Except we are incapable of uniting agains THEM. And THEY are good at playing us against each other by handing out small and infrequent treats.<br /><br />Makes no sense, and yet the behavior persists. I wonder if the Alpha Wolf ever gets to rest.ABEhrhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211038591900883672noreply@blogger.com