And a short trace of this thread...
Leaving aside azstrummer's actively hostile opener and my responses to him directly:
Your first post on the thread was a long tirade on conservative "fascism." To be fair, no names were named, but you may have noticed that I haven't been able to get away with making a general statement like that without being accused of directing it at individuals here.
My response:
What bit you? This seems like a long way from the sailor who used to write about blue waters and sunsets.
It can't possibly just be me pissing in your oatmeal. Job stuff?
You came back with:
I just figured since there is nothing but agitprop on this board, no matter how much I try and change the subject, then I might as well join in and enjoy it too. Surely, you're not going to try and convince me me you and the rest of the Gang of Four don't essentially post the same shit, just from the Right end of the cesspool, day after day after day after day...
Okay. At this point I decided just to stay far away from your oatmeal:
When you say you're doing a lot of writing, I'm hoping it's on that book I've been encouraging you to do...
This started a short bit on writing and authors.
That's where I pretty much left it until browsed through some of your other posts (as with Mary Anne you are one of the few whose posts I always read) and found myself riding the Pale Horse and being lectured on civil discourse.