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All of us guys and gals who were raised in sourthern Brooklyn are good guys and gals ;-).
– Benson
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I was grinding on this in bed last night, it was empty, but i liked the space and the scruffy beards.
Wasder and all;
Don’t agree. I appreciate your sentiments, but I think you are missing the point. I think THL said it best yesterday.
I don’t have a problem with folks who disagree with me. Heck, as Mr. “Red State” on this board, I think the only guy who agrees with me is Christopher. If I was looking for folks to agree with me, I wouldn’t be posting on Brownstoner.
I’ve got a pretty thick skin too. All I’m saying is that folks who consistently show a lack of civility, or do so to gain notoriety, should not be rewarded with legitimacy.
Hey, but then again, I’m famous at work for my twist on the old saying “The customer is always right”. My maxim is “5% of the customers are jerks, and not worth dealing with”.
You’re a good guy, Wasder. All of us guys who were raised in sourthern Brooklyn are good guys ;-).
it was empty, but i liked the space and the scruffy beards, as I was grinding on this in bed last night.
DIBS, you beat me to it!
> “it was empty, but i liked the space and the scruffy beards.”
I’ve seen beardless people, but peopleless beards is new to me. I’ll have to check out this place.
wasder, very nice post. And you hit the nail on the head re: boring peace. It doesn’t mean we can’t have heated debates, but I ultimately saw no purpose in engaging in vicious back and forth insult hurling with no attempt to gain knowledge.
“Just realized I was grinding on this in bed last night and thought I would toss it out there.”
I’ll leave that setup line to other more ribald posters on this blog 🙂
I can agree with you there wasder. I’ve just been feeling that everyone stops listening as soon as the first insult gets thrown out and the all we react to are the insults, not the content. That’s one of the things I really respect about Obama- he seems more than willing to not only think outside t he box, but to look beyond the rhetoric to the actual content of what’s being said.
Unfortunately the majority of politicians on both sides of the aisle haven’t figured that out yet. Sad to say, neither have many of us here. Maybe THL is right- the vitriol can be fun. But I think it tires quickly when there is so much serious stuff going on. For some people all they want is the vitriol- they don’t care if anyone gets what they are saying its the vitriol they like.
wasder…well put. You didn’t need to add the ending bit about “grinding on this in bed last night.”