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I'm not sure whether you're saying I'm taking that shortcut in my comment, or the person to whom I replied is likely conditioned by seeing too much of that lazy
by handedness 6y ago
I'm not sure whether you're saying I'm taking that shortcut in my comment, or the person to whom I replied is likely conditioned by seeing too much of that lazy way of avoiding discussing difficult issues.
I'll assume it's the latter, and say that's very fair. I'll also say, respectfully, it isn't terribly relevant to my observation of someone who made their point by collectivizing an entire nation of people, and did so in a pretty ham-fisted way, while availing themselves of the thing they seek to restrict.
Maybe I just find the complete absence of self-awareness in that comment to be oddly charming.
- klank 6y agoPersonally, as the author, I didn't find myself particularly lacking in self awareness. I did qualify it with "I think" meaning it's a personal interpretation I was sharing. Rather than attacking my character, perhaps you'd like to try and understand why I'd have such a view?
- mpalczewski 6y ago> Personally, as the author, I didn't find myself particularly lacking in self awareness. That's exactly how a lack of self awareness works.
- klank 6y agoI missed an /s I guess.
- handedness 6y agoThanks, I was pretty lost without that. I also hope my efforts to make it clear it was a commentary on its poetic formulation and potentially a road toward something much worse than the ill which we seek to eliminate, and not an attack on the character of someone I don't know personally (which I try to refrain from doing), were not similarly inscrutable. That said, I thought it was a point I understand somewhat, however it was made. I just disagree with it.