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In reply to the discussion: Surrounded by 8 pit pulls today, I barely escaped with my life [View all]IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)Oy vey! What have I let myself be sucked into now?
Kindly read all 3 previous posts again. Notafraidtoo described a particular socio-economic group - it's there in b&w unless someone's deleted it! - that you appeared to question, as in "Is this the polite way to say trash?" or words to that effect. YOU questioned the description. Rightfully so, and I tried to state my equal disagreement with that poster by defining what that person's words appeared to mean really: faux-liberal condescension, however possibly well meant, by someone higher up the food chain and unqualified to speak on the condition of those disparaged.
Not DID make that poor and unqualified description, and you DID question it. My quote appearing at the top of your post in reply to me was my assessment of the true import of what Not said and what you certainly seemed to challenge. I made no pretense of claiming that's exactly what Not said - I alluded to the subterranean message Not's statement revealed.
Why is my own questioning of Not's description so hard for you to understand? That's what I don't understand! If you revisit those 3 posts with an open mind, perhaps you'll see that you misread mine entirely. We all make mistaks sometimes. But don't blame the choir when the audience is tone-deaf! Please and thank you kindly.
Now please - I have dogs to take care of, and they're being shortchanged by this prolonged distraction. I owe them first claim on my time. If anyone else emails me and says the whole room's cussing me out, I really must learn when to resist that mosh pit.