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In reply to the discussion: Guidelines for responding to a MAGAT. [View all]
William Seger
(12,441 posts)33. I've already had a use for that on a YouTube comment -- it was too perfect
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"I speak now not in malice but in earnest despair, for the conclusion you have drawn is of such astonishing simplicity that it grieves me more than I can readily convey; and yet I'm moved less to anger than to sorrow, so profoundly indeed that I find myself unable to discern whether your words arose from haste, from a species of naivety, or from a mind altogether too content with its first and poorest notion."
"I speak now not in malice but in earnest despair, for the conclusion you have drawn is of such astonishing simplicity that it grieves me more than I can readily convey; and yet I'm moved less to anger than to sorrow, so profoundly indeed that I find myself unable to discern whether your words arose from haste, from a species of naivety, or from a mind altogether too content with its first and poorest notion."
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I've gotten pretty good at looking through the asshole and getting a bemused look on my face.
erronis
Thursday
#30
Words matter. Humor is powerful. It's great to have choices. Be a uniter. Not a divider.
littlemissmartypants
Thursday
#17
Small change to an old retort. 'I'd agree with you on all of this, but then we'd both be treasonous, racist assholes.'
Scalded Nun
Thursday
#26
They're not going to understand any of those guidelines. Maybe that's the point.
Fil1957
Thursday
#27
My go-to: "You support that creep because you're an insecure child. And a creep."
Grokenstein
Thursday
#28
I've already had a use for that on a YouTube comment -- it was too perfect
William Seger
Thursday
#33
I am fascinated how you moved to 2 new topics before the first one was less than half discussed.
Festivito
Thursday
#37
They stop listening after the 3rd word and start shouting incoherent insults t the top of their lungs.
Martin68
Thursday
#43