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(You:) Mike, I don't see how I lumped you into an asshole category. "stalwarts" does not mean "assholes" by any stretch.
It’s pretty clear to everybody how you feel about JYD, and by calling everyone who agreed with him ‘stalwarts who applaud his sentiments’, it certainly seems as though you’re lumping us together. Especially since you followed that sentence with ‘those posts really made me sick’ – how am I NOT supposed to be insulted by that?
(You:) I don't have a personal vendetta going with anyone, and I haven't associated you with any of the "people" (no names) who are so fond of referring to me as narrow-minded or autocratic.
When JYD made his Rodney King post, only Sunshine and I agreed with him, so by your pluralization of ‘stalwarts’, I WAS associated with him. Not that this is a bad thing; I’ve had "conversations" in Crankyland with JYD more than I have with anyone else, and in my opinion he’s a righteous dude. And sure I disagree with some of the things he has posted, but I certainly don’t feel the need to dislike the man just because I occasionally disagree with him. I’m not so sure about your statement that you don’t have a vendetta going; I don’t doubt that I overstated it a bit, but it’s VERY clear that you dislike JYD, and feel even less highly about Sunshine and Gump. And it’s also pretty clear that the feelings are, for the most part, mutual. For what it's worth, I'm sorry to see that -- I have pretty high opinions of you both, and it saddens me to see the fighting.
(You:) I really and truly don't know what you are talking about. If I ever called you a racist or a sick fuck, directly, or by association (and I don't remember doing that) I apologize most sincerely.
You have implied that JYD’s views are racist (though to your credit you never used that word; I cannot stand racial slurs or attitudes), and as explained above I feel as though you did in fact associate me with that.
(You:) Twice in three years? Aren't you overreacting just a tad? (about being sick of group flamed)
Probably. I never said I was being rational, I was just stating how I felt. And for how sincere your apology was when I mentioned the last time, I was a bit surprised and disappointed that I was again APPARENTLY included in a group flame. But I admit that both times it was probably more my reading too much into a post; I have a bad tendency to do that.
(You:) I think maybe you're doing a bit of 'lumping' yourself. I don't share writing styles, or manners, with the three you mentioned.
I never said you did. The point I was trying to make (and I’m trying to be critical WITHOUT being offensive) is that you obviously have problems with them. And it seems as though when you were/are involved in arguments with them, anybody who agreed with them or told you that they thought you were overreacting was flamed. And I believe that that is a dangerous and unreasonable reaction, rather unworthy of the high opinion I have of you. I’m not saying that my opinion is always right. I’m not even saying that my opinion is right in THIS case. I am merely trying to point out what it looked like to me.
(You:) I don't enjoy being called a narrow-minded bitch just for saying that I was sickened by the "applause"
I never called you narrow-minded. And I never called you a bitch. I apologized for MY bitching, and never called you any names at all. I'm sorry if you feel that I did.
(You:) I am admittedly in the minority, and far more sympathetic toward black victims of the LAPD than most people.
I wouldn’t say that; I am quite sympathetic toward racial injustice. It’s just that I don’t think that ***Rodney King*** was as innocent as he was made out to be. That is just one example.
For what it is worth, I accept your apology for the accidental insult, and apologize myself for overreacting as I did.
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