getting back to this post under "update: a 'tee hee' moment" i briefly touched upon this exchange, where david ehrenstein decides to insult me for no apparent reason (even though i never addressed him prior to his getting up in my grill - furthermore, i didn't even know who he was at the time). really, go through and read his comments. they're entertaining, albeit a bit sad.
anyway, what reminded me of this exchange was that i realized that we already had his blog "fablog" on our blogroll. what a small world. anyway, go read his blog.
:)
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yeah. i added it a while back. i was going to say something when you posted your 'tee hee' update, but i thought better of it. he's not someone you want to get into a blogfight with.
is he known for getting into blogfights? i googled him and discovered he was one of the people who went after andrew sullivan way back when sullivan was um... being hypocritical. maybe it's only harmful to get to a blogfight with ehrenstein if you hold yourself out to be a conservative and troll for bareback sex? (*snicker*)
although andrew sullivan makes more sense than "the old guard" (can i call them that?) nowadays.
anyway, my interest was piqued when i discovered he was (1) twice my age (!!!) and (2) relatively well-known. i was like "dude! eXtreme!"
i don't know that he picks blogfights, but he's got a sharp tongue and lots of friends. i've already seen what an A lister's regular readers do when someone from a smaller blog gets into a fight with the A lister.
why does this sound like junior high? to be afraid to stand up to the big man on campus, because you're a lowly band geek.
LISTEN TO OURSELVES. THIS IS WACK!
sorry, but, i'm not going to be bullied. i'm not going to pick a fight for no reason, but this "i'm afraid of the football player's minions" train of thought is not unlike a bad john hughes parody.
it's not that i'm afraid of anyone. it's that i don't want one of those perennial junior high school shitfests here on _this_ blog. i don't think it's worth the shit-stirring to 'stand up' to him over his asshole comment. attack his reasoning for dumping on gays who want to marry and have children and ignore the bullshit.
i'm a veteran of many, many flame wars and i believe in picking the right battles. i don't think the asshole comment is the right battle to pick. the battle to pick is over his contempt and general assholishness to gays who want a secure family life with all the protections and privileges accorded to heterosexuals.
attack his reasoning for dumping on gays who want to marry and have children and ignore the bullshit.
i think that was what most people on that thread were doing, but he never responded to any of their arguments. he jumped straight to ad hominem attacks and angry non-sequiturs.
i suppose the best thing to do is to respond as one would to a street preacher on the subway platform. step. away. from. the. keyboard/platform.
well, you could engage in a flame war for the hell of it and post it here, like i do. ;-).
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