Well, it's a whole 'nother matter, too, when the person being hateful and hurtful is themselves so incredibly sensitive and defensive.

"I'm gonna openly call you an asshole, but if you even dare to think to criticize me, you're outta here!"

That's pretty much it. It's all in the intention.

Now I think that for most Libertarians and especially the asshole ones, it is all a bunch of hooey to give assholes an excuse to be assholes and tell those they were assholish towards that they weren't inaccurate. But let me say this, standards for beauty and size change, so why shouldn't the words about beauty and size have a similar ability to change in meaning. I am not proud that I am over weight, (although I have lost weight with exercise recently) but in China for example a fat person used to be seen as successful, because, how else could you get fat if you didn't have money. So Fat was viewed as ostentatious, not as gluttony.

This is pretty much the most ridiculous thing you've ever said. And the list of ridiculous things you've said offers some mighty steep competition.

Language isn't a one-sided exercise, it's an act of communication. The speaker's intent counts for dick if they fail to communicate that intent.

Isn't there a saying..."You only hurt the ones you love."
Best to hear such things from ones who care.

Of course, I don't believe (uh oh) that JB's intentions were to be hateful. In regards to calling someone an @$$hole? That was more than likely meant to be hurtful, but definitely NOT hateful...IMO.

As in my response to the more level-headed Mr. Ness, it's in the intentions.

Also, one should keep in mind that I don't believe that JB would beat around the bush regarding his intentions. If he was actually hating someone, I believe that he would express it as such.

They do. "You look like a whore" might not be an insult in a culture that reveres temple prostitutes. It's absolutely an insult in ours though. And it takes a much bigger force of social change than one man's message board huffiness to turn such a statement into a compliment (or even a neutral statement).

No. The saying is "you always hurt the one you love," which is an entirely different meaning. And it's not so much a saying as it is song lyrics.

The next line, incidentally, goes, "the one you shouldn't hurt at all."

Hilariously enough, a line from the next verse goes, "you always break the kindest heart with a hasty word you can't recall."

Nice choice of quotes there, Paul.



Well sure, you're very fond of mind-reading, and arguments from personal incredulity. We established that ages ago.

But, for most sensible people (not you, obviously), in a situation like this it's best to keep shtum.

Even JB admitted that the comment was a personal prejudice, which indicated to me that he wasn't exactly proud of having such thoughts. The fact that he was willing to admit that it was a fault & NOT a positive attribute, should show how human the man is.

I don't believe that anyone should condone such thoughts & I don't believe that anyone WAS condoning such thoughts, which seems to be the implication from most detractors (and this means anyone who was NOT implying this need not get up in arms).

Not always. Some people need wake-up calls. Since you are a detractor (and most detractors are heavily in need of wake-up calls), I can see why this concept would elude you.