I am tempted to do a "name and shame"

[fpb]

Minutes after I had posted about dignity and honesty, I meet with the exact opposite. A (former) friend had posted that the current writer's strike in Hollywood seemed "Ayn Randian" to him, because the writers had brought the industry to a halt by withdrawing their brains. Now that seemed like nonsense to me. I reminded him that what was going on was called trades-unionism, and that Rand did not have much time for that sort of thing. Yes, you know, unionism - the kind of thing that Reaganthatcher was supposed to have consigned to the dustbin of history?

And that was it. Nothing personal; no insults; only a disrespectful reference to a few conservative idols whom everyone knows I have no time for.

So I wake to find my comment deleted and myself banned.

Wow, laddie, that is really brave. That shows integrity, belief in your convinctions, and confidence in your ability to defend them. That absolutely does not suggest that you are terrified that all your ideologies may be built on sand.

Comments

Re: Again?

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Third or fourth that I know of. And people who go online ought not to be afraid of disagreement.

Re: Again?

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

That's true, but this is beginning to be like the story about the driver.

Re: Again?

[fpb.livejournal.com]

My dear Rebecca, this LJ is called "reflections of a stormy petrel" for a reason. Of course people will defriend me from time to time - if anything, it happens less often than I expect it. I am the sort of person with whom people quarrel, and who quarrels with people. I know that. Even if I wanted an easy life, I know better by now than to expect it. However, I do see a difference between fighing fairly and acting like a self-serving sneak.

Re: Again?

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

*Sigh* I suppose ... but I worry about you.

Re: Again?

[fpb.livejournal.com]

I worry about you too, sometimes. You have a tough enough row to hoe to waste time worrying about me. Now just have a *hug* and forget about it. This particular person is not important enough - I mean, to me - to lose sleep over. I mean, it's not like when I broke up with kennahijja. Ye'll gae yuir way and I'll gae mine, and I'' be in Scotland afore ye - and good luck with the rest of your life (I don't mean you in particular - if I quarrelled with you, now, I definitely would not like it).