Comments on: Today’s idiot http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2005/03/23/todays_idiot/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:27:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Fox http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2005/03/23/todays_idiot/#comment-14640 Fox Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:47:56 +0000 /?p=5151#comment-14640 You might not, but others likely would, tgirsch. Yes, it's a very vivid and horrible turn of phrase, it's one that makes you recoil back from what you just read, and worse, it's one that makes you think about it. Sorry, but writing of this kind is all about evoking an emotional responce, and just from your reaction we can see that it did. You might not, but others likely would, tgirsch. Yes, it’s a very vivid and horrible turn of phrase, it’s one that makes you recoil back from what you just read, and worse, it’s one that makes you think about it.

Sorry, but writing of this kind is all about evoking an emotional responce, and just from your reaction we can see that it did.

]]> By: tgirsch http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2005/03/23/todays_idiot/#comment-14636 tgirsch Wed, 23 Mar 2005 19:37:28 +0000 /?p=5151#comment-14636 An apt description that equally as cold to anyone who may have been personally touched by this as the person you're attacking. What's wrong with saying he's "using a tragedy to score cheap political points?" I actually agree with you that this guy's being an insenstive prick. But in using the language you choose to use, <i>so are you</i>. When Bush hijacked 9/11 to make the case for invading Iraq, you didn't see me accusing him of "dancing in the blood of the fallen," now did you? An apt description that equally as cold to anyone who may have been personally touched by this as the person you’re attacking. What’s wrong with saying he’s “using a tragedy to score cheap political points?”

I actually agree with you that this guy’s being an insenstive prick. But in using the language you choose to use, so are you. When Bush hijacked 9/11 to make the case for invading Iraq, you didn’t see me accusing him of “dancing in the blood of the fallen,” now did you?

]]> By: Ravenwood http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2005/03/23/todays_idiot/#comment-14635 Ravenwood Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:39:38 +0000 /?p=5151#comment-14635 Mr. Van Cleave is the president of VCDL, not the NRA. Mr. Van Cleave is the president of VCDL, not the NRA.

]]> By: SayUncle http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2005/03/23/todays_idiot/#comment-14632 SayUncle Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:14:49 +0000 /?p=5151#comment-14632 It's not an idiotic phrase but an apt description of this person's intent. It’s not an idiotic phrase but an apt description of this person’s intent.

]]> By: tgirsch http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2005/03/23/todays_idiot/#comment-14630 tgirsch Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:12:32 +0000 /?p=5151#comment-14630 Enough with the "dancing in the blood of dead children" meme, already. When you're pointing out that somebody else is an idiot, it's best not to use such an idiotic phrase yourself. Enough with the “dancing in the blood of dead children” meme, already. When you’re pointing out that somebody else is an idiot, it’s best not to use such an idiotic phrase yourself.

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