Comments on: Your aggression

By: Jack the Lass

Jack the Lass — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:59:27 +0000

I think this sentence: “If you express your views aggressively and without respect for your opponents as fellow human beings I will be quite likely to dismiss your opinions…” is the crucial one – personally I link aggression to lack of respect, which is why I can cope with much of the rantiness over at (say) Ship of Fools or on MadPriest’s blog (on the few occasions when I’ve taken a peek therein), because behind the strong words and strong sentiments there does seem to be a genuine attempt to find understanding of the other person’s position, even if you still don’t agree with it. I find snidey blogs (or other opinion pieces) where it’s all terribly polite but where there are particular undercurrents of “if you disagree with me you’re obviously at best deluded and at worst heretic, but either way you’re off to hell in a handbasket no mistake sonny, but don’t blame me I did try to point out your error” kind of thing much more aggressive and disturbing.

By: Tiffer

Tiffer — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:28:37 +0000

It’s all very very hard.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:15:52 +0000

MadPriest,

See my e-mail.

Dave

By: MadPriest

MadPriest — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:24:13 +0000

When a blogger writes “you know who you are” he is accusing everybody who might fall within the description of those he/she is accusing.

I am called MadPriest because I am clinically mad (and a priest) which I have to accept is a likely reason I projected myself into Dave’s comments.

I get attacked all the while (as those who know my blog would no doubt guess). I don’t even mention it on my blog let alone reply on the offending blogs. But Dave has been on my blogroll from the begining and so for the first time ever I got cross on somebody else’s site.

There are so few humourous Christian blog sites that use aggresive satire (The Door isn’t a blog) and The Ship Of Fools isn’t humourous (OK JOKE!) that I must assume Dave was talking about me. I mean, if you know of one other site like mine please let me know because it would be fun to visit it.

By: Karin

Karin — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:34:10 +0000

All I can say is that being familiar with MadPriest’s blog it did not spring to mind when reading what Dave has written here.

By: si

si — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:38:38 +0000

seriously though, a very wise vicar once taught me this lesson – that even if what you say is absolutely honest, if it’s the truth, if it is totally the right thing to say, if it’s said without grace then you are in the wrong. [and that would seem to me to be what dave's original post was all about.]

By: Mandylion

Mandylion — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:36:30 +0000

Any person following a leader who talked about planks in eyes should quickly come to understand the meanings of irony and satire. Blog cartoon vs blog cartoon? I declare the contest drawn.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:31:40 +0000

Hi,

Excellent cartoon – even when i may have agreed with someone, I find agression makes me want to find an alternative!

Steve

By: si

si — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:10:52 +0000

[he's just got the hump 'cos your blog's funnier than his, dave
smiley winky thing]

By: David

David — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:10:18 +0000

I have to say I find it absolutely fascinating that MadPriest assumed Dave was talking about him so swiftly with no apparent reason for doing so… unless I am missing something; a prior moment somewhere where Dave has transgressed???