Reply #61: Well, considering that you waited a whole five minutes for [View All]

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my response before your "I repeat..." comment, your figurative foot-tapping said much more than your words did and suggested a tone that perhaps you did not intend, that of a challenge or a demand along the lines of "you can't prove it so you're lying".

And, frankly, I think that's exactly what you intended, and I (over)reacted accordingly. If that wasn't what you intended, I apologize for seeing a demand or a challenge where one did not exist.

1) Will, I've defended and supported you in a lot of threads, particularly when you were working for Kucinich and supporting Kerry at the same time. I've also sent a lot of people in the direction of your web site and articles. Do I have proof? No. You can either choose to believe me or not.

2) No, my initial post was about the people a) who summarily dismissed Johnson's death, particularly those that blew it off with the claim that it was a conspiracy or "he's just one guy", and/or b) who chastised other people for feeling sorry for the guy and his family. Particularly b).

I paraphrased four items. To me, that doesn't exactly constitute judging "a lot of people". I obviously underestimated, however, the number of people who would take it personally. I've never claimed to be a psychologist.

My real point is that we're (most of us, anyway) Democrats, for cryin' out loud. We're supposedly the party of compassion, yet now we're going to criticize people for giving a damn?!?

God, it's not like I don't understand the frustration, but I think it's so ludicrous to take that frustration out on the victims, their families, and other DUers.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but "calling out" members is still against the rules. That is why I didn't quote directly and why I didn't point out specific posts.

And, really, this stuff was all over the place today. If you didn't see it or couldn't find it, you really weren't looking very hard.

3) Yes, it was an overreaction, primarily triggered by my interpretation of your five-minute follow-up request as a challenge. For that, I apologize.

However, since you're criticizing me for paraphrasing other posts, I'll end with this:

I guess that means that you've NEVER paraphrased what another person on DU has said.

And, you've ALWAYS provided exact quotes and links to explicitly support every assertion you've ever made on DU.

And, you've NEVER summarized a group of comments with a generalization.

Right?