Okay...

ClassiCon apologized, which I didn't expect, and marks him as a non-moby. He also offered an explanation for his remark which I now see makes sense.

But dude -- you've been troll-busted once for saying over-the-line shit and another time passed when you could have gotten busted.

This third comment I kinda now see what you were saying. Still a bit edgy, but I get it, you were blowing steam, you were saying you wanted to be part of a non-racist skinhead gang to stomp lefties like the dick that beat up that girl.

I can kind of undertand the impulse to say that -- it was an angry red-meat story, after all; I didn't write it to have a calmative effect -- but does every violent thought have to be 1) expressed and 2) furthermore expressed in a public forum and 3) moreover gracing my site in particular?

We did a parody of articles titles for Women's Magazines in an ideal world, telling women what they really needed to know. steve_in_hb suggested the advice article, Not Every Thought Needs to Be Expressed.

Keep it in mind. Rah-rah beat 'em up kill 'em posts may be cathartic, but people aren't reading comments for the purpose of anyone else's violent-minded catharsis. In fact, a lot of us are pretty uncomfortable with this crap. They're not merely low-value. They're negative value. They're disruptive and sometimes worrying. And never exactly the thing anyone else wants to associate themselves with.

So, whatever, I'm sorry about this one. I'm not digging the fact that just about every time you post someone wonders if you're a moby or a nutter and if your comments should be allowed to stand.

Clean it up, sport.

posted by Ace at 09:41 PM

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