- Oct 29, 2003
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Here's a post of mine from the recent thread about an op-ed piece criticizing Fox News:
And in the same tradition I've formed a very similar view of The Usual Suspects across all threads in ATPN, not just in that one.
It's always The Usual Suspects spewing idiotic generalizing rants about "progressives" or "conservatives", as if they have the credentials or experience to form any relevant insights into such broadly defined groups of people.
It is also always a game of tit-for-tat that would be funny (and, therefore, of some value) if it weren't executed in so much of an "elementary school playground" way. Someone you disagree with starts a thread that casts your "side" negatively, so you have to find something to post that casts their "side" negatively. The loyalty comes off as appearing to be with your chosen side rather than to the truth or to reality or to something else that's greater than yourself. Some of The Usual Suspects are more nuanced at times, but that nuance is always used to dismiss the concern or issue that someone else raised simply because there is nuance.
That's the way it is, I know, and I must either accept it and move on, not browse ATPN anymore, or start ignoring people. The jury's still out on which way I'll go. I fully recognize that by even posting this I'm doing only slightly better than those of you I'm criticizing and I also fully recognize that I'm certainly not gifted with supreme knowledge or insight on any issue, but I certainly have enough to see.. for what it is.. the vast childishness, selfishness, and overall inanity that The Usual Suspects demonstrate.. without fail.. every day.
And in the same tradition I've formed a very similar view of The Usual Suspects across all threads in ATPN, not just in that one.
It's always The Usual Suspects spewing idiotic generalizing rants about "progressives" or "conservatives", as if they have the credentials or experience to form any relevant insights into such broadly defined groups of people.
It is also always a game of tit-for-tat that would be funny (and, therefore, of some value) if it weren't executed in so much of an "elementary school playground" way. Someone you disagree with starts a thread that casts your "side" negatively, so you have to find something to post that casts their "side" negatively. The loyalty comes off as appearing to be with your chosen side rather than to the truth or to reality or to something else that's greater than yourself. Some of The Usual Suspects are more nuanced at times, but that nuance is always used to dismiss the concern or issue that someone else raised simply because there is nuance.
That's the way it is, I know, and I must either accept it and move on, not browse ATPN anymore, or start ignoring people. The jury's still out on which way I'll go. I fully recognize that by even posting this I'm doing only slightly better than those of you I'm criticizing and I also fully recognize that I'm certainly not gifted with supreme knowledge or insight on any issue, but I certainly have enough to see.. for what it is.. the vast childishness, selfishness, and overall inanity that The Usual Suspects demonstrate.. without fail.. every day.
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