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Thread #72325   Message #1250629
Posted By: Don Firth
18-Aug-04 - 03:06 PM
Thread Name: BS: Why you don't like gay marriage
Subject: RE: BS: Why you don't like gay marriage
Marty, I can see where you, in particular, would evaluate my posts the way you do.

Pompous

Per Merriam-Webster:
1 : excessively elevated or ornate   [What can I do but blush modestly?]
2 : having or exhibiting self-importance : ARROGANT    [Often the perception of someone who has little to recommend him when encountering a person who exhibits knowledge and refinement.]
3 : relating to or suggestive of pomp : MAGNIFICENT    [Again, I blush modestly.]

Snobby

Again, per Merriam-Webster:
Ref: snob
1 : one who tends to rebuff, avoid, or ignore those regarded as inferior [If you feel I am rebuffing you, Marty, it's because you are a bit dull—no shine—and are badly in need of buffing up; I can't really avoid you here on Mudcat even if I wanted to; I don't ignore you because you are kind enough not to ignore me (not matter how boring you find me, you always respond to my every post with one of your pithy comments); and I know you feel inferior, Marty, and perhaps with good cause, but that's not my doing.]
2 : one who has an offensive air of superiority in matters of knowledge or taste [It's obvious to all that I am superior to you in matters of knowledge and taste, but I'm truly sorry if you find that offensive; the solution is not to put me down, but to try to elevate yourself a bit.]

Futile attempts at humor

That, of course, is a matter of opinion. Once again, shall we take a vote?

Out-dated.

Your judgment of anything that happened in the world before you came along. Now who's pompous and full of one's self?

Liberally biased beyond common sense

That sounds like the opinion of someone a bit to the right of Attila the Hun when speaking of someone else who has occasionally expressed concern for the welfare of his fellow humans, rather than matters of power, profit, acquisition, and short-sighted pleasure.

Full of one's self

Well, who else am I supposed to be full of? It's a lot better to be full of one's self that to be, as you are, full of. . . .    Well—never mind.

Way too politically correct

Is that because I don't use ethnic or racial slurs or refer to gays as "fudgepackers"? Is that why, Marty?

Boring

Because I use words of more than two syllables from time to time and tend to write fairly long sentences? I'm sorry your attention span is so short, Marty. Or is it that I write about things beyond your comprehension and it tends to give you headaches? Well, yeah, I can see where you would find that boring. Sorry about that.

Have a nice day.

Don Firth