You don't cuss, but you're patronising, passive-aggressive, and a bully, though you often play victim. In comments, especially with those disagreeing with you, you belittle, you hurl excessive amounts of irrelevant information to try to 'prove your superiority' when someone dares to challenge you, you dismiss, diminish and rarely listen. Your arguments are often weak, and nit-pick to extremes. You may have read a lot, but your perception and understanding of what you read, is extremely Blinkered
I believe I mentioned in a previous ask-answer that the few times I go for the throat are when I’ve essentially lost patience…for whatever reason. Which I’ve now lost.
When someone “dares to challenge” me in a belligerent, obnoxious, childish way, then yes, I dismiss. If you (editorially) cannot act with the sense God gave a ten-year-old, then I’m forced to assume you have no sense, and must act accordingly. And when someone I’m talking to tosses common sense out the window and acts like they have no sense, then I’m probably going to accidentally dip into “patronizing” every once in a while.
The information I present at that point might seem irrelevant to you, but at that point (which takes me a while to get to unless yelling is involved) I have to assume whoever I’m talking to is so lost for whatever reason (ignorance, stupidity, whatever) that I need flashcards and a step-by-step map to help them reach my point. That’s not about being superior. It’s literally that apparently they’re not connecting the dots, so I’m going to have connect the dots for them.
My arguments are only “weak” if the person viewing them refuses to listen to sense, experience, and thorough research. See, the thing about me is, I don’t get into public debate unless I’ve done actual research - generally extensive research - on the subject in question (unless we’re talking about what constitutes basic human decency, because then it’s not really a matter of research, is it?). Would you try to argue with Richard Gansey III about Glendower? Or Cress Darnell about hacking satellites? Or Katniss on wilderness survival? Most people, without training in that field, would know better. Now, obviously most people don’t know me from Eve, but I try to afford those online the courtesy of not assuming they’re all idiots until they prove themselves unequivocally to be.
I do not nitpick to extremes unless the argument I’m nitpicking apart was made by someone being unnecessarily rude to someone. And the only times I’ve done that in recent memory (as in, the last 2 years) on this site have been about Chris Colfer’s books - Chris Colfer, whose skills as a writer I saw publicly denounced by a panel of authors last weekend - and Clint Barton.
Hmmm. Masculine C-names. Maybe there’s a connection there…
As for listening, I do listen. Or read, as the case may be. But listening doesn’t mean I’m going to agree with you. And there are times where I may agree with the statement but not how it’s worded. There’s literally a tumblr post that I didn’t create that expresses that very sentiment.
In regards to “Blinkered” (why is that randomly capitalized, btw?) perception, I think that’s a failing in practically everyone. But please feel free to give me an example. If you can.
Lastly, I am not passive-aggressive. If I have an actual problem with someone, I will tell them. I’m not shy about telling someone who’s gotten on my nerves to take a hike. Such as yourself - you’re irritating me. If you’re going to write an ask with accusations, at least be specific. That’s just laziness. Show some respect, if not for me, than for yourself. Mount a decent attack.
I’m about through with the hate-mail for today. Time to focus exclusively on nice things.
PS - last, last thing. Don’t use the word “bully” when you come into my inbox on anon dropping hate mail in my cyberspace. I make a point not to insult people unless provoked and I have never left hate, anon or otherwise, in someone’s inbox. And on that note, you can go kiss a shark.
