How to Handle Sarcasm

[FootballRocks]

Please tell me what's the best approach in this situation:

There was an article on the internet about ex-President George Bush, related to his economic policies. In the comments section, however, I criticized his attack on Afghanistan and got involved in a long discussion.

The owner of that website then said, "go through the article first, and don't write comments not associated with the article".

My question is, how should I have responded?

****

Actually, I replied that the article was about G. Bush and my comments were also related to him, so there's no reason why I shouldn't write those comments under that article. He then remarked, "Which razor does George Bush use...Blue II or Mach3? I think Mach3....this is also related to George Bush."

****

Can u suggest a response that wouldn't be apologetic and neither could it be countered by a sarcastic comment such as the "George Bush's razor" comment?

 

[FootballRocks]

by the way, my argument had nothing to do with economics; it was only about the military losses. Therefore, I admit that the owner/moderator was correct in saying that it was not the right place for those arguments.

Moreover, just to clarify:

- it was just an informal blog and there were no clear rules regarding posting.
- the moderator had also actively participated in the discussions, but maybe his ego got a bit hurt when he saw that I wasn't buying his arguments, and that is why he responded by saying that it was not the right place for those discussions.
- even if I had pointed out that he was also involved in the argument, he could have said that it was his blog and he could do what he wanted to.

 

[Harvey]

If you believe your posts were on topic, and you could relate your specific issues to the article and/or other posts in the thread, try to convey that in your next post. If the moderator still doesn't agree, and he continues to be on your case, find another forum where the mods are more mature.

by the way, my argument had nothing to do with economics; it was only about the military losses. Therefore, I admit that the owner/moderator was correct in saying that it was not the right place for those arguments.

Bush's actions in Afghanistan had enormous economic impact. I agreed with going after Bin Laden and the Taliban as a direct response to those who attacked us on 9-11. After that, the Bushwhackos screwed the pooch and our nation by diverting military assets away from the war that should have been concluded long ago and squandered them, and thousands of American lives, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives and trillions of dollars in his useless war of lies in Iraq.

There's your financial connection.

 

[MovingTarget]

http://basicinstructions.net/basic-...o-sway-someone-to-your-political-opinion.html

 

[dmcowen674]

If the moderator still doesn't agree, and he continues to be on your case, find another forum where the mods are more mature.

This

Why would you post on whatever site that is?