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BarackMyWorld's avatar

Kevin Stowell is just taking advice from Don Draper:

If you don't like what is being said, change the conversation.

Of course, in rational discourse, this is known as a "red herring," but still...

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BarackMyWorld's avatar

You should know what's being discussed simply from the headline, so I stand by my comment.

Also, congrats on <a href="http:\/\/www.askmen.com\/specials\/2009_top_49\/don-draper-1.html" target="_blank">living</a> <a href="http:\/\/www.hulu.com\/watch\/40972\/saturday-night-live-don-drapers-guide" target="_blank">under</a> <a href="http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=YgvKCfZqxrQ" target="_blank">a</a> <a href="http:\/\/www.google.com\/search\?source=ig&amp\;hl=en&amp\;rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS363&amp\;q=don draper&amp\;btnG=Google Search&amp\;aq=f&amp\;oq=" target="_blank">rock</a>.

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BarackMyWorld's avatar

Your vehement disagreement to me for saying something that's not a particularly inflammatory accusation implies you really don't care what is being said, you just want to argue. That's a good definition of an internet troll if ever there was one.

I mean, consider this: 1) If you didn't read it, then how did you know it was a "hit piece"? 2) If you weren't trying to change the subject, then why post something that was completely irrelevant to what was being discussed? 3) Saying you are showing "sufficient independence of thought that I chose my own topic" seems to imply that you already knew what the thread was about, since you'd have to have at least some idea what you were changing it from in order to know if a change was actually occurring. 4) Whether you assumed the point of the article or not, you've already revealed that both you disagree with it (calling it a "hit piece") and you would rather talk about something else (posting an irrelevant link to invite discussion, then asking "Why all the hate?").

Having said all that, I think the real question: Why is it do you always wait until a thread is a day or more old before starting shit with everyone?

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fuflans's avatar

i first read 'cartman' and wondered where on earth this was going.

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fuflans's avatar

hey! where's Neilist?

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chascates's avatar

Once a troubled Marine with PTSD always a trouble Marine with PTSD.

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Rarian Rakista's avatar

Pssh, if you can't outrun bullets you ain't a marathoner.

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Rarian Rakista's avatar

Yeah, they did that to a father holding a gun to his son's head at a dealership down the street from where I worked. When they lied to him about the SWAT team backing off so he could come out, he put the gun back to his son's head and that's when the SWAT team killed them both.

Never call the cops.

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