Posted on 12/14/2013 10:33:19 AM PST by The Bat Ladys Husband
Noob...
Yes You are right. But I didn’t either know or call him a “noob” (infering that his comment lacked callousness because he was a noob and neither did I insinuate that his comment had some ulterior motive as a troll. I did give my reasons for disagreeing with his position: “Enough people with your attitude and our parks and scenic wonders will be gone. A great example is Petrified Forest NP. The amount of petrified wood stolen from the park one piece at a time has significantly degraded the impressiveness of the park in my lifetime . But they are only rocks.”
I now publicly apologize for the name that I called him I do not apologize for vehemently disagreeing with his attitude.
Being called a noob has been eating away at you for months? You need a hobby.
You can look at his reply. Just click his name and go to “in forum” on his home page. His post comes up quickly.
He basically says that Stockman is not electable. He says he prefers Stockman over Cornyn, just that Stockman is not electable so Cornyn will beat Stockman.
I think he is just wishing for a stronger candidate to beat Stockman.
For that, he got slammed because a lot of people seemed to miscontrue his post “Stockman is not electable” to mean “I don’t like Stockman.”
It is typical on these forums. Tons of misunderstanding, ego, needless arguing, leaping to conclusions, and knee-jerk responses. If not for that, there would only be 4-5 posts in every thread. :D
Ping FL
I joined in 1999. I posted an introduction thread, got SLAPPED THE HELL DOWN for it, and shut up for about 2 months until I finally had something to say. I learned something invaluable:
STFU
I got in a little spat recently with a newbie troll who claimed to have been an FR member since 1995, but his sign-on date was only a few months ago.
He claimed he could prove it, but went quiet when I challenged him to do so.
But if he could, it would be interesting, as that would mean he had signed up before JimRob did.
Why did you just call me a child-pornographer??!? I am so much better than you, that you should know better than to make baseless accusations! You must be a Tourettes sufferer, and that makes me so superior to you. I don't know why you hate Reagan.
That said, if Stockman is not a good candidate that is disappointing to hear, but you will need to elaborate in ways that can be validated. Newbies do sign up here to naysay opposition or to play up the supposedly conservative bonafides of not very conservative incumbents, take Mitch McConnell for instance (please).
So, there is some rational basis for suspicion, wouldn't you agree as a 13 year lurker?
I can’t believe I just read your childish prattle.
If you can’t take the heat stay out of the FR kitchen.
You are so right.
His hobby should be S(ing)TFU.
And even yet much can be avoided if concerns are framed in a positive voice. Taking the issue here, and I have no dog in this fight personally: “I wish Stockman would improve, or I wish someone better would step up. I fear we are getting too comfortable with the status quo so let’s try to do something about it.”
LOL!
That's NOTHING. I've been a FR member since 1982!
The Bat Ladys Husband
Since Aug 30, 2013
Hey NOOB, I found a thread for you...
There’s a difference between cooking and gratuitously sloshing hot grease all over the place.
They were really the bad old days.
Who really misses Sinkspurr and company.
>> Did you vote for “Dirty” Dewhurst over Ted Cruz because Cruz wasn’t a viable candidate? <<
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BINGO!
Input from a noob, okay?
I can’t complain about poor treatment from anyone here. Yeah, maybe I got a little hazing from a couple of folks, but that’s FR tradition, isn’t it? And it’s entirely possible I might have been a tad bright-eyed and bushy-tailed when I jumped in. I don’t take it personally. FR has a great history, and with that comes plenty of trolls.
I think I might be on my way to becoming a real Freeper, though. How do I know that, you ask? Well, I find myself looking very carefully at folks whose signup date is newer than mine. *grin*
My advice to newbies is don’t take it personally. Just hang in, and your posts will come to speak for themselves.
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