poll: are we too mean to the primitives on Skins's island?

[miskie]

I voted no - here is why

Essentially, there are three kinds of posters on the island -

A ) the headliners - The noisiest primitives.

B ) the faceless lynch mob - most of which aren't commented on.

C ) the moles - who probably find amusement in getting headlined here and elsewhere.

Those who headline, do so because they have been prolific in their posting and outrageous enough to stand out from the crowd. Some of them are moles. The rest are somehow defective or deficient.

Is it possible that some may get more than they deserve ? Is it possible that we may entirely misread the meaning or intention of a primitive because of the environment they post in ? Sure. But I would label those few as the exception that proves the rule.

And, If a primitive feels unfairly targeted or somehow singled out, he/she is free to come here and present their case.

[ColonialMarine0431]

No. Idiot libTURDs should be attcked whenever and wherever possible and with extreme prejudice and unrestrained vigor.

[The Village Idiot]

No. Idiot libTURDs should be attcked whenever and wherever possible and with extreme prejudice and unrestrained vigor.

That would make a good avatar/profile pic.

[GOBUCKS]

Wow! Pam convinced coach she's really on chemo!

[franksolich]

Wow! Pam convinced coach she's really on chemo!

Yeah, right.

I don't think the greenbriar primitive would communicate with me through even a six-foot-thick steel wall.

[miskie]

Yeah, right.

I don't think the greenbriar primitive would communicate with me through even a six-foot-thick steel wall.

Beat me to it - I was going to write essentially the same thing.

[GOBUCKS]

Yeah, right.
I don't think the greenbriar primitive would communicate with me through even a six-foot-thick steel wall.

Maybe so. She likes me.

[LC EFA]

If anything we're overly kind towards them.

They deserve nothing but ridicule and torment.

Whiny little punks are in no position to criticize either - they give as good as they get when given the opportunity.
 

[Chris_]

If an 'innocent' exists at the DUmp why is it there in the first place?

That's what I say. I voted no.

Anybody that runs with that crowd and truely believes the crap they post should be purged from society. Since it is illegal to just put them out of their misery (and ours) with a single shot, then you might as well have fun playing with them.

[GOBUCKS]

I voted "No". No DUmmy deserves survival, let alone kind treatment. They are absolutely devoid of honor or decency. And I'm a nice tolerant guy.
But had the option been made available, I would have voted "The Jews".

[happy1ga]

No. Mainly due to the overwhelmingly obvious to most people over 10. Words can never hurt you. Grow up, DUmmies.

[BlueStateSaint]

But had the option been made available, I would have voted "The Jews".

I thought that was a rule around here--any poll had to have "Teh Joooos" as an option . . . 

[Freeper]

If anyone thinks we are too mean to the goons just look at at the posts about Palin today.

[franksolich]

Well, the general consensus seems to be that no, we probably aren't too mean to the primitives on Skins's island.

On my own part, for the record, actually there's only four primitives--out of more than 5,000 primitives, remember--whom I personally dislike with a loathing and a vigor that far surpasses any similar feelings held by BadCat, PatriotGame, and GOBUCKS here, ostensibly the most "anti-primitive" of us all.

I suspect it could be fairly said--with God as my witness--that I actually possess a degree of fondness for even primitives such as Doug's ex-wife, Pedro Picasso, and so help me, the Bostonian Drunkard.

While I wouldn't wish the primitives to flourish and prosper, at the same time I wouldn't wish any harm on them.  (That includes the four drek primitives, but it would be pointless wishing harm on them anyway, given that they're doing a pretty good job self-destructing all by themselves.)

I suppose if the primitives have a "problem" with what decent and civilized people say about them, perhaps the primitives should spend some time examining their own words and their own actions, to decipher why they're so disturbed at what "other people" say about them.

[The Village Idiot]

I hope more of them see the light!

[BlueStateSaint]

I hope more of them see the light!

Hopefully, they'll see it while they're inside a railroad tunnel.  And it will blow its horn at them, while getting larger at a rapid rate.

[franksolich]

I hope more of them see the light!

It's never ceased to amaze me how, when a primitive by accident stumbles upon conservativecave, he goes back to Skins's island whining about being "watched."

Skins's island of course is a public discussion board, the topics and comments freely available to any and all who wish to read them.

Just like whatever's on television; whoever wants to watch a show, watches it.

And places such as P-J Comix's most-excellent DUmmie FUnnies, the "Best/Worst of DU" forum on conservativeunderground, and the "DUmpster" and "DUmping Ground" forums here, are just like those who write reviews of television shows for magazines, praising and panning.

It boggles the mind, that the primitives aren't aware others watch what they say and do.  And then the sheer chutzpah of their angry indignation at being seen.

I've said this before, but I'll repeat it.  

Being deaf puts me into all sorts of uncomfortable situations in real life.

I can't hear.

One of the most vexing--and all too common--experiences involves public restrooms.

I've never seen a public restroom without locks that were operative; I'm sure they exist in some places, probably in corrupt crime-ridden vandalized blue cities and blue states, but I personally have never seen a nonfunctioning lock on a public restroom.

It's not my fault some people don't use those locks.

The reaction of the primitives, when learning "other people" see them, is much like one finds when striding into a men's room, the door having not been locked, and sees a guy sitting on the can evacuating his bowels, his face white with shock, indignation, and humiliation at being seen.

[thundley4]

We're not the only ones that watch their little fits of impotent rage and assorted stupidities.  I've seen links to Skin's Island on several conservative blogs.

[The Village Idiot]

lol.

Yea Frank. They're porn stars complaining about their privacy

[BlueStateSaint]

They're porn stars complaining about their privacy

That is H5 worthy.

[GOBUCKS]

Guilty as charged.

[Duke Nukum]

IMO, it is impossible to be mean at all to the prims.  These are the people who danced on Barbara Olson's grave after 9/11.  Embraced the racist cartoons of Condi and Powell.  Salivated over every death of every U.S. troop during the Bush years.  Sided with terrorists and insurgents against their own soldiers.  And a list of insanity too disturbing to remember.

If they're going to post these things, somebody sane had better be reading and commenting.

[Chris_]

I would have to say that in all my prowling around on the Intarwebs, Franksolich is about the nicest guy I've ever run across. Just the fact that the PM you mentioned receiving in your opening post bothered you enough to post this thread speaks volumes about your character Frank. I hope the results of the poll have eased your mind on the issue, and that you continue to post your observations of the island inhabitants. You usually have me rolling on the floor when I read here, the way you write about them.

[franksolich]

I hope the results of the poll have eased your mind on the issue, and that you continue to post your observations of the island inhabitants.

Of course.

You know, at times I've wanted to be friends with primitives, exchanging e-mails back-and-forth in a harmless casual informal manner, but such has never happened.

(Disclosure: actually it sort of has happened, communicating with a few primitives, but such communication was pretty shallow, and so I tapered it off and quit; being sort of a snob--I never claimed to be without flaws--I want to hang around with the cool primitives, the PoP, and not the obscure ones.

(However, I am hardly ungrateful; please notice there are some primitives whom I never mention, not even making a single idle comment about; these are either primitives who've been kind [and informative] to my mole on Skins's island, or primitives who've at least said "hi" to franksolich.

(Surely my leaving them in peace and quiet could be considered a gift.)

I used to think rather highly of the defrocked warped primitive, the "Warpy" primitive, for example; and my sentiments at the time are still a matter of public record, buried in the voluminous archives here.  I was not at all modest in expressing my admiration of her.

I guess I was maybe perhaps possibly subconsciously seeking a healthy dialogue.

But as time went on, I noticed a disturbing trend--the more I praised the defrocked warped primitive, the more the hate-filled invective she spewed out against decent and civilized people.

The defrocked warped primitive did it right on cue, every time; I would post a complimentary comment about her, and circa three or four hours later over on Skins's island, the defrocked warped primitive would reach a new height--or low--in her hatred.

So I finally gave it up, and did a flip-flop on my perception (and treatment) of her.

I dunno; maybe she thought that's the way one flirts with somebody.

[kenth]

The defrocked warped primitive did it right on cue, every time; I would post a complimentary comment about her, and circa three or four hours later over on Skins's island, the defrocked warped primitive would reach a new height--or low--in her hatred.

So I finally gave it up, and did a flip-flop on my perception (and treatment) of her.

I dunno; maybe she thought that's the way one flirts with somebody.

One of our dogs we got from a man whose wife, he claimed, gave him an ultimatum; the dog or her was going to leave. The dog is a lab mix, with what seems to be English Bulldog. When we got him, he was just nine months old or so, but seemed like a scared old dog on his last days.

We would play with him, with chew toys, ropes and such and once in a while would accidentally get my hand. He didn't know any better to immediately lessen his bite when that happened. It was play, but I got some pretty good nips at times. He just never had anyone care enough for him to teach him such things. Now, when playing with him, if that happens, he's so quick to recognize that it amounts to getting gummed.

That's the difference between my dog and a DUmmie like Warpy. The dog wanted to learn to be a decent member of the family. Warpy and other DUmmies have decided to remain biters.