Opinion of wormyguy

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Since he has returned.

Our worst poster. Hopefully he contracts ebola.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

He was a lot cooler when I said my name was Jake Matthews

[IceSpear]

Horrid.

[tik 🪀✨]

He's a wart.

(Accidentally voted FF)

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Tedious.

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

He's awful, but he's not the worst we have.

[Badger]

He's awful, but he's not the worst we have.

[traininthedistance]

His posts have a unique and unforgettable flavor which, when added to the Atlas smorgasbord, certainly make this forum more interesting.

[Napoleon]

His posts have a unique and unforgettable flavor which, when added to the Atlas smorgasbord, certainly make this forum more interesting.

Fittingly, that article includes a sub-section titled "Reactions".

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Better than the OP in terms of posting on his best days, but actually worse on his average days.

He was a lot cooler when I said my name was Jake Matthews

And a lot cooler to me when I was in my hardcore Ron Paul, L-FL avatar phase.

[Mechaman]

I get the feeling that a lot of his act is just to get a reaction out of people.  Therefore, I'm not going to get him off by acting outraged by his posts.

[Torie]

Tedious.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Tedious.

That sounds about right.

[free my dawg]

[TNF]

Revolting fascist scum.

[© tweed]

I don't like him, but I support his continued existence as a poster.  he has a lot of anger/passion, devotion to a non-commonplace point of view, and familiarity with facts and important ideas.

[tpfkaw]

Oh, awful. The worst, most terrible worm, guy, letter "y", or combination thereof that has ever existed.
On a more serious note, my AIM handle is wormyguy2 . I talk to several red avatars from this forum on a regular basis, and we're very friendly. Or you could send me a PM. You might find that I'm not so very terrible after all.

I'm not afraid to state what I see as the truth in no uncertain terms, and I have a few pet peeves, such as prioritizing abstract ideology and/or partisan advantage over keeping people safe in the real world (a blind spot I'll readily admit I've had in the past and may very well have in some cases in the present - nobody's perfect, and certainly not me).

But that's something which is true about any number of posters; they state what they think is the truth, maybe with a bit of sarcasm, and they have pet peeves. I am not unique in this regard on this forum; I merely come from the "wrong" ideological side.

If a person saw red as blue and blue as red, how could they know? How could you know? Who's "right"? Perhaps I am right and you are wrong. Perhaps you are right and I am wrong. Perhaps either or both of us could be right or wrong on a case-by-case basis. As a fallible human, to hold people to different standards of civility based on how much you agree or disagree with them, is a little much, no?

Here's something I don't do.* I don't make threads just to put people down and say I dislike them. Just because you disagree with someone, even heatedly, doesn't mean you have to be pointlessly mean-spirited.

But anyways, talk to me. Maybe I'm not so bad. Maybe a person's entire worth is not determined by the formula political agreement - political disagreement * snarkiness. (A tough sell on an internet forum devoted to politics, but a principle that might serve one well regardless). In the end I'm just another awkward nerd who likes polls and maps and gets over-emotional about things being wrong on the internet. We have a a lot more in common than we do to divide us.

*I'm not sure if I can say I've never done it, because I have over 8,000 posts on this forum and I've been in some nasty flame wars. I hope I haven't, but I'm sorry if I have.

[courts]

he's a sweetie

[SWE]

Garbage

[traininthedistance]

I have a few pet peeves, such as prioritizing abstract ideology and/or partisan advantage over keeping people safe in the real world

To be blunter-than-usual: this is deluded, disingenuous, or both.

Your stance on Ebola, at the very least, is a perfect example of "prioritizing abstract ideology and/or partisan advantage over keeping people safe in the real world".  Experts are virtually unanimous that a travel ban won't work, both because most flights from West Africa go to Europe, so a unilateral US ban would do jacksh*t and that they're useless and counterproductive on their own terms anyway.  If you really cared about keeping Americans safe you'd devote more effort to the scourge of falling TVs than to Ebola-inspired flight bans.  The proposals for such a ban are obviously political theater for the sake of partisanship, and that would be one thing by itself but you take it further: this apparent projection that Obama is trying to "buy votes" from Liberia or something is just too offensively ludicrous to even be possible to respond to.  So I'll leave it be.

Regardless, I meant what I said about Atlas being a more interesting place when you're around, and even if I think you're kind of nuts 99% of the time it's good for this place to have you keep on keepin' on.  I did quite genuinely enjoy your takedown of Martha Coakley, if that's any comfort.

[windjammer]

I like him, would be interesting to know him better.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

If one more person thinks that "ideology" is somehow escapable...

[windjammer]

If one more person thinks that "ideology" is somehow escapable...

I don't know his ideology.

[Napoleon]

If one more person thinks that "ideology" is somehow escapable...

pot, kettle, etc

[Mechaman]

I'm tempted to vote FF now just for his statement on how idiotic it is to post "Opinion of" threads.  Actually f*** it, I'm doing it.