A book club in Montgomery County for right-of-center

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New poster.

This thread is so perfect. You guys on the left just cannot help but being jackasses to a conservative poster.

You just can't shut yourself up and be civil.

Thank you for modeling civility perfectly: by calling everyone "jackasses".

Jeff,

I presume you've read all the posts in this thread. I'm not sure why you expect a conservative poster here to be a doormat for the ugliness of the liberal posters. If you trace my IP address, you know that I am a poster from the right who regularly complains about the uncivil tone in political threads.

I don't become uncivil with people I disagree with until they become that way with me. When people become offensive I have no problem in calling them jackasses. You were that way in a thread with me several weeks ago and I stand by the insults I made to you. You started the insulting comments with me in that thread.

Enough with the sanctimony.

So, what you are saying is that you are not opposed to incivility -- indeed, you proudly engage in it yourself. You are simply opposed to incivility directed at you and people you perceive to be like you.

Do you believe that reacting with name-calling to comments you perceive as insulting will lead to greater civility? I don't think so, myself.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New poster.

This thread is so perfect. You guys on the left just cannot help but being jackasses to a conservative poster.

You just can't shut yourself up and be civil.

Thank you for modeling civility perfectly: by calling everyone "jackasses".

Jeff,

I presume you've read all the posts in this thread. I'm not sure why you expect a conservative poster here to be a doormat for the ugliness of the liberal posters. If you trace my IP address, you know that I am a poster from the right who regularly complains about the uncivil tone in political threads.

I don't become uncivil with people I disagree with until they become that way with me. When people become offensive I have no problem in calling them jackasses. You were that way in a thread with me several weeks ago and I stand by the insults I made to you. You started the insulting comments with me in that thread.

Enough with the sanctimony.

So, what you are saying is that you are not opposed to incivility -- indeed, you proudly engage in it yourself. You are simply opposed to incivility directed at you and people you perceive to be like you.

Do you believe that reacting with name-calling to comments you perceive as insulting will lead to greater civility? I don't think so, myself.

I proudly refuse to let people who are uncivil to me treat me as a doormat. I am proud to stand up for myself. I just explained that I don't throw the first punch. You know that is the case.

I did not say that when I insult a liberal who has first insulted me, that I am doing something that leads to greater civility. Don't pretend I said that. Is the guy who beats up a bully "advancing civility"? Of course not, he has another purpose in beating up the bully. One purpose in returning the insult is to call attention to the initial insult. You guys throw them out so loosely that it seems you sometimes are not even aware how insulting you regularly are to conservatives here. (that is the plural "you")

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New poster.

This thread is so perfect. You guys on the left just cannot help but being jackasses to a conservative poster.

You just can't shut yourself up and be civil.

Thank you for modeling civility perfectly: by calling everyone "jackasses".

He actually said they were being jackasses, i.e. behaving like, not calling them personally a jackass. There IS a difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You realize all this guy did was try to get some like-minded people together to read and talk about book, right? He wasn't being disparaging; you all are being disparaging. We're this an OWS meeting, would you all react the same?

If a bunch of liberals said they wanted a progressive book club, not because of the books but just because they don't want conservatives around, I would say they are narrow minded.

Who is being narrow minded and hateful?

Re-read the OP's post again. Where does the OP say that liberals would not be welcome. Here, I'll post it for you so you don't have to press the back button.

If you enjoy reading fiction and non-fiction books, are politically right-of-center, and can meet one Sunday evening a month in upper Montgomery county, I'd love to have you join a book club I am starting. Our books won't necessarily be political in nature, but in our discussions we want to be able to speak from a right-of-center perspective without being ostracized. Please respond by leaving contact information. Thanks!!

If you are liberal and enjoy reading and discussing right of center books without foaming at the mouth, I'm sure that you'd be welcome at the OP's proposed book club. Not that I'd expect any of the liberal posters on this form to ever meet any of those criteria. As is demonstrated over and over again in this forum, haters have to hate. That is what they do.

You obviously cannot read. Try again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New poster.

This thread is so perfect. You guys on the left just cannot help but being jackasses to a conservative poster.

You just can't shut yourself up and be civil.

I have lots of conservative friends. None would feel a need to have a conservatives only book club.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New poster.

This thread is so perfect. You guys on the left just cannot help but being jackasses to a conservative poster.

You just can't shut yourself up and be civil.

Thank you for modeling civility perfectly: by calling everyone "jackasses".

He actually said they were being jackasses, i.e. behaving like, not calling them personally a jackass. There IS a difference.

I assume that English is not your first language? "Being" is the present participle of "be", to be something.

Who says conservatives lack humor? One calls people "jackasses' in the name of civility and another actually outdoes Clinton defining "is" and tries to redefine "being".

LOL! "Being" doesn't mean "to be". Excellent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New poster.

This thread is so perfect. You guys on the left just cannot help but being jackasses to a conservative poster.

You just can't shut yourself up and be civil.

I have lots of conservative friends. None would feel a need to have a conservatives only book club.

But would you insult them if they did? That is my point. We have liberal posters in this thread who sarcasitically wonder if conservatives actually read, and plenty of other comments designed only to be insulting to the OP. Those who feel the need to insult the OP over a topic that should be innocuous are the kind of posters that clog up what could be decent disussions in so many threads.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New poster.

This thread is so perfect. You guys on the left just cannot help but being jackasses to a conservative poster.

You just can't shut yourself up and be civil.

Thank you for modeling civility perfectly: by calling everyone "jackasses".

He actually said they were being jackasses, i.e. behaving like, not calling them personally a jackass. There IS a difference.

I assume that English is not your first language? "Being" is the present participle of "be", to be something.

Who says conservatives lack humor? One calls people "jackasses' in the name of civility and another actually outdoes Clinton defining "is" and tries to redefine "being".

LOL! "Being" doesn't mean "to be". Excellent.

Hi Jeff,

I've already explained that I am not trying to further the civility. I comment on the lack of civility and then comment on the jack-assedness of those who feel the need to insult the OP for no reason. Please stop misrepresenting what I have said. Your sycophants here rely on you to be accurate. Please be so.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New poster.

This thread is so perfect. You guys on the left just cannot help but being jackasses to a conservative poster.

You just can't shut yourself up and be civil.

Thank you for modeling civility perfectly: by calling everyone "jackasses".

He actually said they were being jackasses, i.e. behaving like, not calling them personally a jackass. There IS a difference.

I assume that English is not your first language? "Being" is the present participle of "be", to be something.

Who says conservatives lack humor? One calls people "jackasses' in the name of civility and another actually outdoes Clinton defining "is" and tries to redefine "being".

LOL! "Being" doesn't mean "to be". Excellent.

Hi Jeff,

I've already explained that I am not trying to further the civility. I comment on the lack of civility and then comment on the jack-assedness of those who feel the need to insult the OP for no reason. Please stop misrepresenting what I have said. Your sycophants here rely on you to be accurate. Please be so.

Ah, but it is you doing the misrepresenting. The only personal insult in this thread was you calling other posters "jackasses". Nobody insulted the OP. Several people questioned the need for such a group. One person made a joke about whether or not conservatives read. But, there were no personal insults or name-calling until you posted.

You called other posters "jackasses" and then complained that liberals are not civil. You are far less civil than any other poster in this thread.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New poster.

This thread is so perfect. You guys on the left just cannot help but being jackasses to a conservative poster.

You just can't shut yourself up and be civil.

Thank you for modeling civility perfectly: by calling everyone "jackasses".

He actually said they were being jackasses, i.e. behaving like, not calling them personally a jackass. There IS a difference.

I assume that English is not your first language? "Being" is the present participle of "be", to be something.

Who says conservatives lack humor? One calls people "jackasses' in the name of civility and another actually outdoes Clinton defining "is" and tries to redefine "being".

LOL! "Being" doesn't mean "to be". Excellent.

If you are being a jackass, you are acting like a jackass.

Not you ARE a jackass.

Context is everything.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New poster.

This thread is so perfect. You guys on the left just cannot help but being jackasses to a conservative poster.

You just can't shut yourself up and be civil.

Thank you for modeling civility perfectly: by calling everyone "jackasses".

He actually said they were being jackasses, i.e. behaving like, not calling them personally a jackass. There IS a difference.

I assume that English is not your first language? "Being" is the present participle of "be", to be something.

Who says conservatives lack humor? One calls people "jackasses' in the name of civility and another actually outdoes Clinton defining "is" and tries to redefine "being".

LOL! "Being" doesn't mean "to be". Excellent.

So you make fun of immigrants? Ah, the tolerant left

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New poster.

This thread is so perfect. You guys on the left just cannot help but being jackasses to a conservative poster.

You just can't shut yourself up and be civil.

Thank you for modeling civility perfectly: by calling everyone "jackasses".

He actually said they were being jackasses, i.e. behaving like, not calling them personally a jackass. There IS a difference.

I assume that English is not your first language? "Being" is the present participle of "be", to be something.

Who says conservatives lack humor? One calls people "jackasses' in the name of civility and another actually outdoes Clinton defining "is" and tries to redefine "being".

LOL! "Being" doesn't mean "to be". Excellent.

Hi Jeff,

I've already explained that I am not trying to further the civility. I comment on the lack of civility and then comment on the jack-assedness of those who feel the need to insult the OP for no reason. Please stop misrepresenting what I have said. Your sycophants here rely on you to be accurate. Please be so.

Ah, but it is you doing the misrepresenting. The only personal insult in this thread was you calling other posters "jackasses". Nobody insulted the OP. Several people questioned the need for such a group. One person made a joke about whether or not conservatives read. But, there were no personal insults or name-calling until you posted.

You called other posters "jackasses" and then complained that liberals are not civil. You are far less civil than any other poster in this thread.

Are you kidding??'

A prior quote: "so does this club sit around reading atlas shrugged and jerking off while brainstorming how to ' go galt'?"

That's civility? Really?

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:
If you are being a jackass, you are acting like a jackass.

Not you ARE a jackass.

Context is everything.

Actually, it exactly means "ARE". I know that conservatives frequently reject science, but this is the first time I've learned that they sometimes reject grammar as well. The poster who wondered if conservatives read may have been on to something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New poster.

This thread is so perfect. You guys on the left just cannot help but being jackasses to a conservative poster.

You just can't shut yourself up and be civil.

Thank you for modeling civility perfectly: by calling everyone "jackasses".

Jeff,

I presume you've read all the posts in this thread. I'm not sure why you expect a conservative poster here to be a doormat for the ugliness of the liberal posters. If you trace my IP address, you know that I am a poster from the right who regularly complains about the uncivil tone in political threads.

I don't become uncivil with people I disagree with until they become that way with me. When people become offensive I have no problem in calling them jackasses. You were that way in a thread with me several weeks ago and I stand by the insults I made to you. You started the insulting comments with me in that thread.

Enough with the sanctimony.

So, what you are saying is that you are not opposed to incivility -- indeed, you proudly engage in it yourself. You are simply opposed to incivility directed at you and people you perceive to be like you.

Do you believe that reacting with name-calling to comments you perceive as insulting will lead to greater civility? I don't think so, myself.

I proudly refuse to let people who are uncivil to me treat me as a doormat. I am proud to stand up for myself. I just explained that I don't throw the first punch. You know that is the case.

I did not say that when I insult a liberal who has first insulted me, that I am doing something that leads to greater civility. Don't pretend I said that. Is the guy who beats up a bully "advancing civility"? Of course not, he has another purpose in beating up the bully. One purpose in returning the insult is to call attention to the initial insult. You guys throw them out so loosely that it seems you sometimes are not even aware how insulting you regularly are to conservatives here. (that is the plural "you")

May I be the welcome you to the internet? Please, make yourself at home. You will find a great deal of information. Please note, however, that roughly 270 million people in North America have access to the internet, and it is quite common for people to behave badly in posting. You may be tempted to react in kind, which may lead to a phenomenon known as a "flame war". Alternatively, you could choose to either ignore the posters behaving badly, or call them out, without engaging in the same behavior. Within the limits, if any, imposed by the forum's "administrator", it's really up to you to decide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New poster.

This thread is so perfect. You guys on the left just cannot help but being jackasses to a conservative poster.

You just can't shut yourself up and be civil.

Thank you for modeling civility perfectly: by calling everyone "jackasses".

He actually said they were being jackasses, i.e. behaving like, not calling them personally a jackass. There IS a difference.

I assume that English is not your first language? "Being" is the present participle of "be", to be something.

Who says conservatives lack humor? One calls people "jackasses' in the name of civility and another actually outdoes Clinton defining "is" and tries to redefine "being".

LOL! "Being" doesn't mean "to be". Excellent.

Hi Jeff,

I've already explained that I am not trying to further the civility. I comment on the lack of civility and then comment on the jack-assedness of those who feel the need to insult the OP for no reason. Please stop misrepresenting what I have said. Your sycophants here rely on you to be accurate. Please be so.

Soooo.... that makes you a hypocrite. OK, go with that!