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In reply to the discussion: I'm not generally in favor of "banning" stuff, but maybe Carl's Jr. went a bit too far (maybe NSFW) [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)I altered the Shakespeare quote to fit the situation. For instance, I don't know your gender. (And I don't make it a habit of clicking on people's profiles) But you knew it was adapted on purpose, didn't you?
Obsession carries a negative connotation.
"Compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or an unwanted feeling or emotion, often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety.
A compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion."
It is ad hominem to hit Redqueen with that accusation. 'Obsession' also carries insinuation of mental disorder, which is blatantly against the rules, crude, and unwarranted. Plain and simple.
It is ALSO adhom for me to hit you with insinuation that you are a sockpuppet. In fact, I don't personally think you are a sockpuppet so much as you sound like a person returning to the site from a ban, with an axe to grind against Redqueen. That, or you make ridiculously snap judgments about such users. (And then insult them.) I am curious what, in your own words, could be your 'good faith' motive to insult Redqueen in the middle of a tit-for-tat between that poster and muriel?
You are correct, I didn't bother to respond to Muriel, because that poster was being highly disingenuous upthread anyway, and it is pointless.
Redqueen asked for examples of what for females is pervasive and common advertising. Got two examples, one two decades old and neither showing a similar sexual overtone. That's pretty disingenuous. When Redqueen rejected those examples for that obvious reason, the response is that he or she is 'obsessed' with side hurf durfery about the speedo, which CLEARLY was never the point. Lame, but I'm not going to waste my time on it. RQ obviously didn't either.
And you're doubling down insinuating 'fear' on my part, rather than general disgust with Muriel. I'm not afraid of ANY poster on this site.
"Tell me, how many posts do you require before you treat a DUer with respect?"
One post is sufficient, if you treat other posters with respect. You did not. You attacked. Calling someone obsessed about the speedo thing, when that wasn't even Redqueen's point, is not an attempt at honest dialogue. Your post was not worthy of respect and you damn well know it. You're free to scour my post history for similar behavior. I don't think I've EVER had cause to call out a low post count person, who wasn't subsequently MIRT'd via alert. (Not something your post warrants even clicking alert on, honestly.)
'Obsessed' 'frantic scrambling' 'scared' 'inferior intellect' blah. You're really good at slinging sideline insults, aren't you. You DO sound familiar. Just sayin'.
Edit: And yes, I also changed the ORDER of the quote, rather than just the gender. Tough shit. I hope it bothers you.