Really, it is.
So Steve Lombardo over at “Was Whining” finally took note of my “Him Bashing” and lit me up but good in a post entitled “>Who’s Bashing Who[sic]?”
To make it even better, a bunch of his readers came to his defense and internet yelled at me for “getting personal” or some stupid shit.
First off, if I wanted to get personal I would have called him mean names, or questioned his sexual preferences, or wondered aloud if perhaps Brian Cashman had once had a one night stand with his sister and then after repeated promises to call her, up and changed his cell number. So please, when I get personal and cross the line, you dipshits will know it.
Also, in very typical internet fashion, Lombago only excerpted the portion of my rant that supported his claim that I was bashing him (really? you think? wow, you’re a fucking genius!) Yes, I was bashing him. I’m not sure why this is worthy of comment, it isn’t as though I attempted to cleverly disguise my disdain for his opinions, I flat out said it.
Also, it’s oh so Strawmanish. There was not one word that addressed the true meat of my point, that just questioning every single little thing Cashman does without presenting a cohesive alternative POV is not particularly hard, or productive.
What really galls me, is that I’m pretty sure that presenting controversial opinions that don’t really make much sense is the mission of that blog. In order to get readers or hits, or kilobytes (I’m not really up to speed on all the internet lingo) Lombardi says things like, ‘Phil Hughes should have been traded for a rosin bag!!!’
Then he sits back and watches douchebags like me fire up the “What the fuck is wrong with you???!!!” machine.” But when I say something agressive, I’m the asshole. Ok, cool, I’ll be the asshole, I don’t mind.
Look, when you publish your opinions in a public forum, you better damn well be ready to get bashed from time to time. As I type this, I’m reasonably sure I’m going to get blasted by someone, when they eventually read it, which will be never, but anyway, what the fuck was I talking about?
EDIT: I was so correct! See the comments on the post below this one. Damn it, I’m superb.
Oh yeah, so you have a blog about the Yankees in which you bash Cashman non stop, and when I call you out on it and suggest that you must not really enjoy following the Yankees all that much, you get all offended. Wonderful. Congratulations. Have fun with your half a glass of water.
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