12-18-2008, 03:42 AM
Okay, I'll talk with you straight.
The first post I made in that thread was not mocking. If Swampy was asking a straight question, I provided a straight answer. I would have said the exact same thing had we all been sitting around a table. After that, I followed with a few jokes, mostly alluding to earlier threads about different topics. I can't tell you how things appear, but at no point in that thread did I ever intend anything I wrote as mockery.
Mattkime then posted the first silly thread. In an attempt to garner the most shock value and kick mattkime's butt, I posted the "white Jew" thing, essentially throwing down all my humor/shock cards at once. Apparently, others followed the silliness, which pleases me more than it ought to.
I don't want Swampy to leave. I've even said as much to others in a pm or two. Swampy and I have had a few pleasant exchanges, and I value those.
However, the themes of "what you liberals think", etc., wear very, very thin. I see these, and feel that many of us are being insulted. "Here's what conservatives think" would sound just as stupid. I hate being told what my opinion must be.
Also, it's real hard to tone things down after being called cowardly. Just so you know.
The first post I made in that thread was not mocking. If Swampy was asking a straight question, I provided a straight answer. I would have said the exact same thing had we all been sitting around a table. After that, I followed with a few jokes, mostly alluding to earlier threads about different topics. I can't tell you how things appear, but at no point in that thread did I ever intend anything I wrote as mockery.
Mattkime then posted the first silly thread. In an attempt to garner the most shock value and kick mattkime's butt, I posted the "white Jew" thing, essentially throwing down all my humor/shock cards at once. Apparently, others followed the silliness, which pleases me more than it ought to.
I don't want Swampy to leave. I've even said as much to others in a pm or two. Swampy and I have had a few pleasant exchanges, and I value those.
However, the themes of "what you liberals think", etc., wear very, very thin. I see these, and feel that many of us are being insulted. "Here's what conservatives think" would sound just as stupid. I hate being told what my opinion must be.
Also, it's real hard to tone things down after being called cowardly. Just so you know.