Lashing Out

I believe this is my first link to the infamous (it’s MORE than famous) capper.  It’s worth a read.

The blogger who makes a dumb comment, and gets called out on it, lashes back, often in a personal matter. He or she is threatened by the loss of face or the feeling of shame.

I think one of the biggest threats that people feel is the fear of the unknown and the different. This is where racism, sexism and other forms of prejudice stem from. Instead of facing their fear of the unknown or the different, and possibly making some unpleasant discoveries about themselves, they chose to fall back on anger and lash out at people, hurling invectives and smears at a person, a gender, a lifestyle, a belief system or a race.

On a side note, I’m going to try to weave more Three Amigos quotes into my posts.  Feel free to help me out with that. 

1. Great.  You killed the invisible swordsman.  Now we’ll never find El Guapo.

   Posted by folkbum on April 12, 2008 at 1721 hrs




2. 3 links to Folkbum in 2 days.  How much is Jay paying you to do that?  Or are you going soft and thinking of becoming a convert to liberalism?

   Posted by on April 12, 2008 at 1809 hrs




3. Unless you freeloaders start clicking on my Google ads, Owen’s not gettin’ paid nothin’.

   Posted by folkbum on April 12, 2008 at 1833 hrs




4. Folkbum,

   If I start clicking on Match.com and the Playboy Store my wife would kill me.

   Posted by Steve Burri on April 12, 2008 at 1918 hrs




5. We have have our own personal El Guapo to face, whether it be racism, sexism, or the actual El Guapo, as is the case for your town.

   Posted by GUNNY HARTMAN on April 12, 2008 at 2124 hrs




6. Would you say that you are going to have a plethora of quotes?

   Posted by Deibert on April 13, 2008 at 1909 hrs




7. Forgive me, El Guapo.  I know that I, Jefe, do not have your superior intellect and education.

   Posted by Owen on April 13, 2008 at 1926 hrs