All Right-Thinking People

[billroper]

As we all know, all right-thinking people agree with me on all topics, no matter how debatable or nuanced they may seem to others. In fact, people who believe that these topics are debatable or nuanced are obviously not right-thinking people.

Because all right-thinking people agree with me on all topics, it is important for me to insinuate subtle -- or even not so subtle -- references to issues that I care strongly about into any conversation. Right-thinking people will regard these asides as clever and amusing, because they are -- of course! -- right-thinking people and agree with me on all issues.

Should anyone respond to my clever and amusing asides in a negative fashion, they are being impolite, because all right-thinking people agree with me that my clever and amusing asides are important contributions to the conversation. People who are made uncomfortable by these asides are obviously not right-thinking people and should seriously rethink their obviously incorrect position, no matter how subtle and nuanced they may believe the topic to be.

It is, of course, always polite for me to include my clever and amusing asides in any conversation, because all of the right-thinking people agree with me and find them clever and amusing, while those who don't find them clever and amusing should never be offended, but should take this opportunity to seriously rethink their obviously incorrect position. In fact, it is my solemn duty to include these asides, because the sooner these not-right-thinking people get their heads on straight (which my asides will certainly encourage them to do), the better off we will all be.

Oh, dear. Did I forget to turn the sarcasm filter on? I knew I was forgetting something...

Edit: The person who prompted this post does not have a LiveJournal account. I'm not annoyed with any of you...

Comments

[kevinnickerson.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure you had the filter set to the "right" position.

[billroper]

Yeah.

It wouldn't be so bad, except I saw some friends of mine who got caught in a similar position this weekend and who were being very, very polite until I steered the conversation into a safer direction.

[zanda-myrande.livejournal.com]

Well, it wasn't me this time...

[billroper]

Nope. But I don't recall actually having a problem with you. :)

I may disagree with you from time to time (and when I put it in print, I try to do so politely), but I can hardly object to your saying what you want to say in your own space. If I don't want to read it, I don't have to.

[museinred.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. If I was one of them, I apologize. I try not to do this, but by Sunday I was so sleep dep that I'm not sure I even remember every conversation. It was so good to see you and Gretchen and the girls again.

[billroper]

No, no, no. You are wonderful and we love you. :)

And it was great to see you too.

[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

I usually disagree with you politically, but I don't think you were being out of line in this case. (Assuming you're talking about a certain mailing list where people sometimes get a little too snarky in their signatures...)

[billroper]

Thanks! And, yes, that would be it, save for the fact that the particular post that set this off decided to go snark in the body of the post. I mostly ignore the sigfiles at this point unless there's some reason to bother.

It was the later, private e-mail that explained to me the error of my ways that received a flaming missile of death in return. :) And prompted this post...

[catalana.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Not sure what this is about, but it sounds very annoying!

[billroper]

Thanks! It was enough to raise my blood pressure, but having dispatched the flaming missile of death in response to the private e-mail that explained to me in detail how important it was that I understand how much of the Kool-Aid that I had consumed because I didn't agree with this fellow's opinions and having written this LJ post, I think I have sufficiently cooled off. :)

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

This sounds like it was prompted by something very annoying. You have my sympathy.

[billroper]

Thank you. It was annoying for a variety of reasons.

I actually expect that people will have opinions. It was the "How could you possibly read that into what I wrote (despite the fact that I have made my opinions on this issue clear) and, by the way, let me explain to you why you are an idiot" e-mail that really set me off.

Heck, it wasn't even that there weren't individual points in the e-mail that I might agree with...

[johnridley.livejournal.com]

That particular list, combined with Reddit and a few other journals, plus dealing with drivers who don't think I deserve to use the roads I'm paying for, have really taught me to just smile and wave rather than let it bother me.
I've spent months in the past unsubscribed because of one person or another, but when I resubscribed last time I actually turned off all my filters, and consider the source before letting my blood pressure be affected.

[billroper]

That's a good choice. :)

My blood pressure stayed pretty low until the private e-mail arrived...

[judifilksign.livejournal.com]

Ala FB: "like"

Would love to copy/paste this into a number of "flame on" threads I've read. (But I'm certain the point would be missed...)

[billroper]

Thanks. And, yes, I'm sure the point would whiz right past a lot of folks of all political persuasions. :)

There are days that I think my tag line should be:

"Sometimes wrong. Frequently uncertain. Up for debating a lot of things."

[mbcrui.livejournal.com]

heh... I often disagree with you politically... but seldom make a point of it because while you're often wrong, you're always at least amusing...

(ahem) Have a good day, Bill :)

[billroper]

I do my best. :)