CGP wrote:
No question Baylor is a bully. He would, without so much as a wink, put together some sort of picture just like the one on the Health Dept. site and feature this on his blog. He would do this while sneering and jeering, and he would spout venomous comments with his loyal followers who would gush all over the remarks with similar refrains of their own. Then, he would promote such a picture/blog entry on every website he frequents, Twitter, Facebook, other blogs. And he would guffaw and drink while adding one lie on top of the next in his self-righteous screed.
So much is completely true, and even those who have not been a target of his know it.
However, Roger and his band of merry gossip mongers are not a publicly-funded government entity. And, two wrongs don't make a right.
The Floyd County Health Department needs to cease and desist asap. Whoever is behind all this online defamation of character should understand that this is completely inappropriate and illegal harassment. It simply needs to stop.
New Albany is a state of mind … but whose? Since 2004, we’ve been observing the contemporary scene in this slowly awakening old river town. If it’s true that a pre-digital stopped clock is right twice a day, when will New Albany learn to tell time?
Monday, August 19, 2013
My favorite News and Tribune reader comment yet.
I'm not a bully. I'm a bluebird.
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I pretty much agree with everything CGP wrote(if it is allowed for me to "gush" all over his points). I believe that Roger would even generally agree--it's what polemicists do.
ReplyDeleteI do have a problem with the "...one lie on top of the next...", though. Roger may SOMETIMES go too far with his satire(my opinion that he is well aware of)but telling lies is not something that I've experienced from him. And, he puts his full name to everything that he writes.
People often confuse standing up to bullies and hegemony with being a bully. But then, if there were a broader understanding of that sort of nuance, there would be a lot less hegemonic bullying in the first place.
ReplyDeleteLies? Heavens, she must be confusing me with AB InBev.
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