Passive aggression

[Plant Woman]

My answer was to your post #343. I know its hard for you to do, what with all the projecting you do, but do try to keep up.

[Angakuk]

Originally Posted by mickthinks

I'd like the more responsible members of this board to take a stand against mob-bullshit everywhere it occurs.

By electing to not participate in threads like this one we are doing just that.

Angakuk (AKA "Responsible Member")

[mickthinks]

... that's not what it says. I think that is exactly what it says. It's a pile of crap, and you like it, Brimmo! I wish I could say I was surprised!

[mickthinks]

By electing to not participate in threads like this one, you feel you are turning a disapproving blind eye, Angakuk? LOL!

[mickthinks]

My answer was to your post #343. It wasn't helpful.

but do try to keep up. You aren't helping, PW

[Plant Woman]

I really wasn't trying to be helpful. I don't believe for a second you want help and I tire of your little games.

So before I get further ensnared, I am moving on. Good luck to you.

[Brimshack]

Originally Posted by mickthinks

... that's not what it says. I think that is exactly what it says. It's a pile of crap, and you like it, Brimmo! I wish I could say I was surprised!

I experssed no approval of the article, Mick. Please learn to read.

[mickthinks]

I experssed no approval of the article, Mick.
You don't need to, Brimmo! It's bullshit, and you need supplies ...

Please learn to read. I'm waiting for you to learn to type, Birmshcak!

[mickthinks]

I really wasn't trying to be helpful.
Which is what makes your part in this a destructive one, Plant Woman. A forum mob could be usefully defined, I think, as a group of individuals each of whom has joined in a thread bent on something other than helpfulness.

I don't believe for a second you want help
I need help to understand why the complaint against "passive aggression" is made so earnestly and taken so seriously round here. Your "It's because you are passive aggressive that you don't understand" was an attempt to sidestep the issue with a witticism. That was unhelpful from the start, and you defend it now by claiming that you think I was lying when I asked for help.

That's what I call playing 'little games', PW!

... and I tire of your little games.
Perhaps if you'd come here in a mood for serious discussion, you might have achieved something positive?

Mick

[But]

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[mickthinks]

More responses to some of Brim's less smelly floaters:-

And the heart of the matter is this, Mick wants to lecture VM, Me, and a few others about our conduct. 'Lecture' is a beautifully loaded word! I want to hold viscousmemories and others to account for their bad arguments. The reason that might look like lecturing is because there's a feeling of inferiority when you've done something which you recognise is less than good, not quite clean, not quite loving.

Brim's loaded 'lecture' puts a spin on my calls (to vm to account for his unjustified ad hominems, and to Brim himself on his noxious effluent) in which it becomes my fault that he feels 'lectured'. It's a close cousin of vm's 'moral superiority' complaint, and as such, I reckon it is a manifestation of the insidious inflence of postmodernist anti-ethics on social relationships.

We're too aggressive, mean-spirited, blahblahblah,
Is this an admission or an attempt at ironic denial? As is so often the case with wits like Brim, it is near impossible to tell.

... but he takes no responsibility for his own antagonism.
Ah a copybook tu quoque! LOL! If you think about it, a tu quoque carries an implied admission of the accusation it's defending against. Splendid! And FWIW, I do take responsibility for my own antagonism. It's for vm's attempts to blame me for his own antagonism, such as his "no reasonable person would believe that you are thankful" pretext for his accusation of passive aggression, that I refuse to accept responsibility.



Mick

[But]

Wow, what an idiot.

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[mickthinks]

Originally Posted by But

Hey Brim, quick! But's eating all your supplies!

[Brimshack]

Alright Mick, you get one argument here.

Tu Quoque.

It's a Tu Quoque fallacy if I use your misconduct to excuse that alleged of VM. As I have not done this, my argument is not a Tu Quoque Fallacy. My contention that your conduct is bullshit has been an end in itself throughout this discussion, and I most certainly have not used this claim as a premise for any conclusions about VM or his own posts.

Once again, please learn to read.

...and no, tu quoque fallacies, when they do occur, do not carry an implied admission on anyone's part.

Please study some logic before you toss it around.

And FWIW, I do take responsibility for my own antagonism.

Yes, that's why you say that VM left you no choice and that I brought you down to your level. Because you take responsibility for your own posts. I see that quite clearly.

[Brimshack]

We're too aggressive, mean-spirited, blahblahblah,
Is this an admission or an attempt at ironic denial? As is so often the case with wits like Brim, it is near impossible to tell.

Actually Mick, what it is is a sentence fragment. It's incomplete, because you chopped off any text necessary to explain its purpose in my post. That's called quoting someone out of context. It's a form of dishonesty. As to admission or denial. You would actually have to read the post to determine the matter. Not simply quote mine for the sort of half notions which pass for ideas in that shitsack you call a brain. Just because you can't put together a full proposition, much less an argument, does not mean the rest of us are to be judged by the incomplete fits and starts which seem to count as thoughts in your world.

[Brimshack]

Okay, let's cut to the chase. How old are you, Mick?

[mickthinks]

Alright Mick, you get one argument here.
Great! I'd like to tie up the loose ends on with this one:-

Brim: That's your excuse for making an extended ad hominem against your gracious host all this time.
Mick: I think you are arguing that because he is a gracious host, vm's ad hominems have to be swallowed without criticism.

[Brimshack]

Originally Posted by mickthinks

Alright Mick, you get one argument here.
Great! I'd like to tie up the loose ends on with this one:-

Brim: That's your excuse for making an extended ad hominem against your gracious host all this time.
Mick: I think you are arguing that because he is a gracious host, vm's ad hominems have to be swallowed without criticism.

Again, please learn to read.

[mickthinks]

Brim: That's your excuse for making an extended ad hominem against your gracious host all this time.
Mick: I think you are arguing that because he is a gracious host, vm's ad hominems have to be swallowed without criticism.
Brim: Please learn to read.
Mick: Ah, again the condescenshit! Tell me what you think I've missed.

[Brimshack]

So, you can misrepresent that too? I don't think so.

Nope, I'm out of this thread. You can press your little morality play on if you like. I'm done feeding the troll.

[mickthinks]

Brim: That's your excuse for making an extended ad hominem against your gracious host all this time.
Mick: I think you are arguing that because he is a gracious host, vm's ad hominems have to be swallowed without criticism.
Brim: Please learn to read.
Mick: Ah, again the condescenshit! Tell me what you think I've missed.
Brim: I'm done feeding the troll.
Mick: Ah, again with the flung rock and the fast exit. So much for your capacity to sustain an adult argument, Brimmo!

[mickthinks]

Here are a few turds which Brimshack made earlier, out of the goodness in his heart. Dried out and stiffened up, they make more sticks to poke him with...

Brim: the OP is not an argument but a question. [...] He had an agenda from the git go. Instead of arguing it directly, Mick feigned ignorance of the subject and asked people to explain it to him. Yep, passive aggressive.

The OP invited those who think the term "passive aggressive" is fair comment to explain how it works. Few have tried and none, I think, have succeeded. I believe that shows "passive aggressive", in the way viscousmemories applied it to me, is combative stone-throwing, destructive of reasoned debate.

Naturally, those that prefer to shovel shit rather than argue properly won't give up the right to use terms like these without a fight. Stand by for a load more brimshit!


Mick

[Brimshack]

Hehe! So, now I get the slow returns, LOL. Reading skills again, Mick. Go back to school and demand you money back.

[mickthinks]

Reading skills again Ouch ouch ouch! That "You can't read" jibe is a right ol' stinger, Brimmo! It really is your sharpest weapon, so don't stop waving it about! LOL!

[Brimshack]

It's not supposed to sting, Mick. Just pointing out the source of the problem. You can't read.