Completely humorless people…

Priceless. Diet-Coke-out-the-nose.

As for Xander77, keep in mind that this is the laughable person who fussed thusly at my Bloodrayne review:

“At least when Ken starts a political rant it’s usually connected to whatever he’s reviewing at the time.

The little “I’m a lumberjack and I’m ok” asides were as jarring as going through a hummus recipe and running into “stir for 5 minutes while praying for the destruction of Israel”.

And then the little gem of “If only they knew how little we think of them” pops up out of fucking nowhere to make me wonder whether it’s ME that’s losing my mind, rather than the writer.”

WHEN WHAT I REALLY SAID was the following: “Sometimes I wonder if that small-but-loudmouthed subset of homosexual people that take secret pleasure in being self-important and thin-skinned has any awareness of how little time most of us boring old red-state people actually spend thinking about them.”

Gosh. That’s a little different. Although I hesitate to argue about the curious phenomenon of taking secret pleasure in being self-important and thin-skinned with someone who so obviously takes secret pleasure in being self-important and thin-skinned, I will offer Xander the following advice:

When you’re in the process of trolling for responses to your Rainman-without-the-math-skills ramblings, it helps to cut-and-paste quoted passages so as to better capture what was really said. Otherwise, it just makes you look silly and your attempts to troll responses will be stunted.

Just trying to help. Sleep tight with your Nick@Nite.

I am starting to wonder if people like xander77 are assigned to web sites.

I view a few non-political websites where the host has let it slip that they have more conservative politics. All of a sudden a person like this drone shows up in the comments and just lays on the lefty nonsense.

The funny thing that makes me think conspiracy is that there is only one commentator annoying everyone else. You would think that in a diverse population, several people would take you on if your politics were as extreme as Xander77 thinks Ken/Pips are.

James Lileks get similar treatment at his generally not political blog. There is just one commentator who feels it his/her duty to look for bias/sexism/racism. Odd.

Best to ignore. Your first instinct is to challenge such nonsense just as you would challenge someone who was making straight out racist or sexist comments. However, you soon realize these people are not interested in a fair debate and are either out to lecture you, slander you, or define you according to their subjective world view.

I am a little overweight and a couple inches below average height. Can I form a grievance group with you and Pip and we can immunize ourselves from such attacks on our assumed privileges? Pip already has that female thing going for her ;)

“good faith”

That is the term I was thinking (we posted at the same time). This may be an obvious point but, lack of good faith is exactly what put their motives in question.

Google has Xander77 shows up most often as an Israeli, however, there appears to be more than one.

“I am starting to wonder if people like xander77 are assigned to web sites.”

There are enough kooks on the internet without needing to attribute their presence to conspiracies. Pretty much anywhere you go in cyberspace there is always at least one person with a political axe to grind.

I am mostly kidding about conspiracies, I just think it is funny how it seems often to be only one fly in the ointment.

However, when I hear about “Project Canvas” “JournoList” I wonder.

*runs to check and ess what she missed on the comments board*

*runs back, shaking head in bemusement*

Now I’m just trying to imagine what the job posting Would look like.

WANTED: Annoying Internet Gadfly. Requisite skills include ability to construct straw-man arguments without straw,inability to understand basic politcal concepts when explained in third-grade language. Must also be able to evade all discussions based on such outdated concepts as “facts” or “historical precedent” while always bringing conversation back to original straw-man premise.

Lack of ability to understand humor or irony a plus.

Ok, ok I know one of you guys can do better with this than I am managing.

There are always one or two on every board. The problem with them is that a lot of times they drive people away.

Can we have their posts marked with a scarlet “I” or “L”?

Oh MAN. That was priceless (by which I mean her expression, and humming and hawing and non-answering.)

You mean besides nurses’ union officials and the humorless drones of NOW?

No.

Except maybe the porn industry, but they take it seriously for entirely different reasons.