The Title of This Blog Post Is Only Slightly Inflammatory
This first paragraph sounds reasonable, containing only minor distortions and untruths.
In the second paragraph, the first paragraph will remind me of something some other guy, known for bigger distortions and half-truths said once:
This quotation is deliberately inflammatory, containing many outright falsehoods and prejudices.
Of course, I wouldn’t go nearly as far was what that other guy said. But he makes in interesting point, doesn’t he?
Now, here’s a few more half-truths, distortions, and outright falsehoods about those people. All of my links here will go solely to other people who share my point of view. I’m sure I could go straight to the direct sources to verify that what I say about is true, but that’s so much work. Besides, I’m linking to well-known opinion magazines. I’m sure they fact check, right?
After all, as a comedian once said before his insistence on ranting about his politics drained all humor out of his routine:
This quotation is a “joke” that is only funny if you share the underlying prejudice.
Don’t get me wrong — I love those people and I want them to be happy. One of those people is my friend, although I’m sure he disagrees with me for slandering him, his family, his friends and everything he stands for without bothering to consider his perspective on things.
What I don’t get is–why can’t those people just be more like me? Wouldn’t the world be a better place if we all thought like me?
By the way, I’ll be out the rest of the day, so I won’t have time to read comments until later. Ta!Report
Is it too crass to say LOL here? I’ll say it anyway, LOL!
BTW, you forgot to mention that it is only overly sensitive, PC-obssessed white liberals who have issues with your Islamophobic arguments, not the actual brown people you are cheerfully slandering.
Sometimes I pity white liberals. They get blamed for everything.Report
Sometimes I pity white liberals.
That is a pre-requisite to their reproduction.Report
Yo dawg, I pitied your pity, so you can pity while you pity.Report
Completely unfair. As a matter of fact, this is so unfair that I question the integrity of anyone who says “I want to read the comments” and is reading this one.Report
This comment posits that anyone who disagrees with me is a bigot. Also, a false equivalence, an insinuation, and an expression of concern about what some people — who are not me are probably thinking. Which would be difficult to refute.
Not saying I agree with it, but hey.Report
This comment snidely declares that there’s no such thing as bigotry.Report
This comment says +1.Report
This comment excoriates the previous comment for not putting quotations around “+1,” and accuses the previous commenter of plagiarism.Report
At least Robert Cheeks acted like he was taking the conversation seriously, and he can’t even post on the front page!Report
And, of course, all conversations must always be taken seriously.
This is serious post. Serious cat is serious.Report
One of the photos I put on the dating site was of me with my arms crossed and a grim expression. I captioned it “i are serious (DensityDuck). this are serious photo.”
My wife said that this photo/caption combination was one of the things she liked about my profile.Report
“acted?”Report
This is why we give contributors free reign. If one post is deemed ‘unfit’ for the front page, there are always other writers who will step in to right the balance.Report
It REALLY FROSTS MY SHORTS when people say that they “give someone free reign“. The aphorism you’re thinking of is “free REIN“, like reins on a horse. Yes, your spell checker says that “free reign” is okay, butt tats be cause the spill chocker is a maroon.Report
Yes, Erik. Please tow the line.Report
He’s to the manor born.Report
Free reign as to “exercise of sovereign power” over what is presented in a post.Report
You can drag me down to the typo police but not without a fight…Report
I am learning to trust your judgment.Report
I did this in 256 fewer words (out of 258) five years ago. *sniff*.Report
Yes, but it was also the least Googlable blog post in history.Report
You are too modest, sir. This should read “In what is widely credited as the greatest blog post of all-time, I did this in 256 fewer words (out of 258) five years ago.”Report
That was *FIVE* years ago?
Now I’m depressed.Report
In this comment, Heidegger accuses you all of being commies.Report
In this reply to his own comment, Heidegger suggests that one of you listen to a particular piece by Bach.Report
This is a bad pun, intended to lighten the mood of a discussion that’s gotten really ugly.
Now I’ll make up for that by writing something really insulting.Report
This is me not getting the joke and writing a lengthy rant about a typographical error.Report
Trolling.Report
Troll-feeding. Umbrage.Report
I love this post. The great part about it is that I can’t even tell if this is supposed to be about anything in particular.
The important thing for me is, in spite of this we need to talk to each other nonetheless.Report
Insulting the president, while misstating his religion, nationality, and political philosophy.
Calling people who disagree with me politically names.
Calling members of other religions subhuman.
Using a lot of big words to demonstrate my deep knowledge of philosophy.Report
Mike,
No person would act like that. That is crazy!
😉Report
I’ve been choosing to do other things than come to this site for a while, but gotta say: this post is awesome, Alex. It reminds me why I fell in love with it in the first place.Report
Nuanced point only partially germane to the post. Follow-up statement about how this is alluded to (badly or incompletely) by a comment on a previous post in the last five days.
A witticism.
Finally, a long-suffering sigh about framework arguments.Report
This is a post necromancy comment so I can tell myself I “won” the argument by getting the last word in.Report