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Jdarg

SoWal Expert
Feb 15, 2005
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He is a role model because many people his age are sitting around their dorm rooms drinking beer and playing video games... His views may not be yours, but he sets a pretty high standard for working and thinking for his age group.

I need to revise my post- he sets a high standard for any age group! I know few adults that write and communicate as well as Matt, and it is my hope that my kids end up as well-spoken in words and in writing.

Hey Matt- enjoy your love fest- we should start a fan club. :lol:
 

MattChrist Live

Beach Lover
Jan 16, 2008
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I don't get it. MattChristLive comes in here and posts a long diatribe from the chronicle that insults and attacks a whole slew of people on this board, including:

- fundamentalist Christians
- conservatives
- people who watch fox news

and he is a "role model" who posts "great articles" that are "hopeful and cogent". WTF! You folks have some pretty twisted double standards.

How in earth could someone on this board NOT take offense to this article in some way Matt? I mean really. :roll:

Someday, you'll realize that a few views and opinions you hold are actually just as insulting to others as you're insulted by some of the statements in this article.

Of course I knew some on this board would take offense. Heck, I was insulted by a few sentences. This is why I pleaded for the readers to take the message in its entirety.

The vehicle the author used to make his point (insulting your trifecta of love above) isn't nearly as important as the overall point of the article.

And if all else fails, remember 30A Shopper, one man's idiot is another man's intellectual.

You're right - it got me thinking that the weed at UF must be off the chain.

To Fulltime- Option #3

He is a role model because many people his age are sitting around their dorm rooms drinking beer and playing video games... His views may not be yours, but he sets a pretty high standard for working and thinking for his age group....

I need to revise my post- he sets a high standard for any age group! I know few adults that write and communicate as well as Matt, and it is my hope that my kids end up as well-spoken in words and in writing.

Hey Matt- enjoy your love fest- we should start a fan club. :lol:

Haha, thanks JDarg! That's a very nice compliment and I'm humbled.

I was desperately trying to follow option #3, but perhaps Morford was right when he described it as the "most difficult to pull off."
 

GoodWitch58

Beach Fanatic
Oct 10, 2005
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Never mind, Matt, whenever you fail to ignore, you always post something we all need to read! Thanks for sharing.
 

LuciferSam

Banned
Apr 26, 2008
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Sowal
I don't get it. MattChristLive comes in here and posts a long diatribe from the chronicle that insults and attacks a whole slew of people on this board, including:

- fundamentalist Christians
- conservatives
- people who watch fox news

and he is a "role model" who posts "great articles" that are "hopeful and cogent". WTF! You folks have some pretty twisted double standards.



How in earth could someone on this board NOT take offense to this article in some way Matt? I mean really. :roll:

If you feel that strongly then you should employ option #3 and move on. For all the times I've responded, it pales in comparison to the number of times I've gone with #3.

My wise but colorblind father used to say:

To fight the spew
of #2
Set yourself free
wyth option 3.


Nevermore shout
I DYSAGREE!:bang:
Let's drynk a toast
To #3
 
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30ashopper

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Apr 30, 2008
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Right here!
The article was backhanded slap in the face of all the people the writer hates, veiled in some sort of "step above it all" lesson for life. The purpose was to give passing to the writers insults, nothing more.

Please don't complain the next time someone posts a chain letter denigrating you or people you know on this board if you're going to defend tripe like this.
 

30ashopper

SoWal Insider
Apr 30, 2008
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Right here!
Someday, you'll realize that a few views and opinions you hold are actually just as insulting to others as you're insulted by some of the statements in this article.

Of course I knew some on this board would take offense. Heck, I was insulted by a few sentences. This is why I pleaded for the readers to take the message in its entirety.

The vehicle the author used to make his point (insulting your trifecta of love above) isn't nearly as important as the overall point of the article.

This is the kind of opinion journalism we can expect from future writers? This represents journalistic integrity of the highest degree? This is the level you strive to achieve in your writing? If so I weep for the future of journalism in this country.
 
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