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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She was a tremendously gifted writer. And so obviously struggling with demons, almost all the time. Even when she was well....well, she was never really well. A very, very sad story.[/quote]

NP and the her obit-linked blog post was a rambling, incoherent mess. D- writing.

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I write this as someone who never even heard of "Dooce" until yesterday when I saw her obit. I've never read a word of hers until this thread prompted me to look at that linked blog yesterday.

You and the other PP judging the quality of that post's writing are humans [b]somehow born without a shred of empathy, and you also lack any intelligence for understanding context.[/b]

Did you both miss, or just choose to ignore, the context? This was linked in the obit because--really, ONLY because--it was her final public post before she apparently succumbed again to addiction and then shortly after, killed herself. That's why it's getting attention. Not because anyone's trying to hold it up as an example of good writing generally or even an example of her past work's quality.

I question the reasoning behind obits directing people to the last public outpourings of a person who sadly was so mentally ill she committed suicide; I wish they hadn't linked that particular post.

But the two of you who came here to grade it and snark at it simply as a piece of writing, when it's basically a sad cry from a sick woman, are pitiful examples of humanity. [/quote]

Thank you. I was trying to figure out how to express this same thought. I never cease to be amazed by how many people in the world have zero empathy, but I also believe that people like this are not very bright. [/quote]

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