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Oxy Mora, I'm glad you

MuddyPolitics — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:48:11 +0000

In reply to Muddy, I apologize for the

Oxy Mora, I'm glad you realized that Trent's "disfigurement," as you put it, wasn't germane. On "Editing," thank you for that input. When I'm having fun with something, I let it ride, but I'll keep your thoughts in mind next time. On "Voice,"this piece is satirical, and the word "dipshit" is in fact mine; I use it daily, and not only when I read news about Republican Party antics. On "Balance," again, this piece was satire, and objectivity isn't usually a requisite for satirical pieces -- nor do I believe it's a requisite for anything published on dag.

That said, I appreciate that you gave it a second read. Sorry about your doggy drama. Thanks for the writing lessons.

I should add that on Friday

Oxy Mora — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:23:42 +0000

In reply to Muddy, I apologize for the

I should add that on Friday my dog got a bad report card from Doggy Day Care. Seems she is getting territorial and giving the other dogs a bad time. My partner just told me that she thinks she knows where it's coming from.

Now that's good criticism. In

Verified Atheist — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:18:52 +0000

In reply to Muddy, I apologize for the

Now that's good criticism. In fact, I think it's some of the best criticism I've seen here at dagblog, and that's a pretty high bar.

Muddy, I apologize for the

Oxy Mora — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:52:00 +0000

In reply to Muddy, I want to like your

Muddy, I apologize for the hit and run. In truth my partner was dragging me out the door as we were late. But that is no excuse. I should just have deleted my comments.

Overnight I did think about my reaction. I had heard this story before. On it's face it is a caricature. I read your post looking for an insight or angle I had missed. Mostly, I think focusing on the event again renewed my disgust for the action and I transferred that onto your post. That covers 80% of it.

Having my comment out there, Atheist is right in generously suggesting that I need to add specifics.

Picture. I assumed that because of this man's disfigurement you had put the picture in for schock value. Re reading it I see he is germane and that I was wrong.

Editing. I think the piece would have been stronger if it had been shorter.

Voice. The hardest thing for any writer to do is to find an authentic voice. e.e. cummings said, if effect, that when you look at a sentence and know it could only have been written by you, you know you have found voice. A word like "dipshit" is someone else's word, not yours. It weakens the entire piece, in my estimation.

Balance. I think even a piece like this needs to reveal that the writer can see the other viewpoint. I can't explain why but I think, forgotten his name, Trent?, is the essence of the story, not the superficial stuff, but why this guy, personally, was so invested in this action--as, in his case, it wasn't for "show" in the way it was for so many of the others. Or maybe it was "show" for him also. That's the story.

I voted for all of my

Dan Kervick — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:27:53 +0000

In reply to Like in 2010...

I voted for all of my Democratic candidates in 2010. Some people didn't. Maybe if Obama would get on their side, he would give them more of a reason to vote. But he's too busy sucking up to Wall Street while sending his people to attack the left. So I can see why they would tell him to stick it..

Like in 2010...

MuddyPolitics — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:21:29 +0000

In reply to May the best radicals win.

Like in 2010...

May the best radicals win.

Dan Kervick — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:18:13 +0000

In reply to But if the shallow don't

May the best radicals win.

But if the shallow don't

MuddyPolitics — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:13:08 +0000

In reply to Only by the shallow. And if

But if the shallow don't vote, then the die-hard radicals determine elections. What then?

Only by the shallow. And if

Dan Kervick — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 03:17:08 +0000

In reply to Without junk politics, sex

Only by the shallow. And if they stopped paying attention, that wouldn't be so bad.

Is there a god who throws

Saladin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 03:02:44 +0000

In reply to See I think you have upon my

Is there a god who throws racist imbeciles to the lions?

What about the one that made rich people pass throw the eye of camel or something like that, what would he say about the unemployment issue that our motto is here to fix?