@hightor,
hightor wrote:oralloy wrote:Some time back I mused about adopting a new tactic of disregarding all the name-calling and other nonsense that progressives barf all over threads, and instead narrowly focusing like a laser only on the main point of the discussion.
I asked you (and a few others) what you thought of me trying out such a tactic. So far as I recall I never got any feedback from anyone who I asked.
I must've been ignoring your posts at the time, as I don't remember that. But it's a good idea, in general. The thing is, a person needs to maintain the discipline to stick to the resolution.
Personally, when goaded to hostility, I feel that I've let my adversary get the better of me. I think it's really better to leave insults unanswered, or humorously brushed off. They kind of lose their sting when they're just sitting there, so ineffective that they didn't even warrant a response.
I'm going to give it a try site-wide, starting now.
Actually, I started a few posts above this, when MJ launched a bunch of personal attacks against me, which will now go unanswered.
Official notice: My lack of response to any personal attack against me or against anyone else does
NOT mean that the personal attack is in any way true, and should
NOT be taken as a tacit endorsement of that personal attack.