tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post3248286828041802417..comments2024-03-28T07:32:42.996-04:00Comments on thwap's schoolyard: Belated Cheers For the Demise of "Free Dominion"thwaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-44659855550011407812014-02-08T11:47:15.128-05:002014-02-08T11:47:15.128-05:00Um. No it doesn't.
If I say someone eats kitt...Um. No it doesn't.<br /><br />If I say someone eats kittens, it's obviously exaggeration. If I say someone is a rancid scumbag, nobody would think I really believed that that person was an actual used condom filled with rancid semen. Given this obvious truth, nobody would seriously think this about the target of my ire and their reputation wouldn't be ruined.<br /><br />If I seriously believe somebody is a terrorist sympathizer and said so, I would be, in effect, attempting to convince others that that person is a terrorist sympathizer.<br /><br />I could not then hide from the consequences of my actions by saying I wasn't serious and therefore wasn't trying to convince anyone else that the target of my ire was a terrorist sympathizer.<br /><br />Finally, even if I was just talking shit, like the moronic Mark Steyn when he called a climate scientist a fraud, or when right-wing internet blowhards seek out an opponent's real identity and then call that person a pedophile, ... such accusations are more damaging that "asshole" or "bag of shit" or "rancid scum-bag" which no one would take literally.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-85331053338722403732014-02-07T18:57:23.880-05:002014-02-07T18:57:23.880-05:00Your 'to whit' contradicts your 'legal...Your 'to whit' contradicts your 'legal tip'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com