Online vs. Offline

Originally posted by lemon lime
Henpecked males are those who have different political views from me regarding women.

So let me get a better handle on your mindset. What attempt-at-being-pejorative adjective would you use for males who have different political views from you regarding men or human rights in general?

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
It's not bragging if it's true. And no, not for your questioning me, for your questioning in general. People who constantly ask questions, we have a word for that in my country, we call them "Dumb asses" for your future edification. And in my world, people who ask dumb questions are begging for a smart assed answer. Maybe you can have a normal person explain all this to you. I am sure this much new material is a sensory overload.
Good day sir 😛

All I'm getting from this post is that you are calling me a "dumb ass".

Originally posted by lemon lime
[b]...unverifiable boasts about one's 'sexual conquests' or prowess at sexual intercourse

I am the father of two boys and three girls. That's my verification.[/b]

Since we still have our tape measures out, two boys four girls, thank you very much.

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
"The henpect Man rides behind his Wife, and lets her wear the Spurs and govern the Reins."

We don't need spurs.. we have a car. And we share the driving.

Originally posted by FreakyKBH

Gee, nothing is lost on you, is it?

Since you're obviously attempting to deflect (again), allow me to point out the irony for you.
You clumsily stabbed at depicting others as preening and posturing in order to convey a certain image of themselves for the sake of others who might read it on the internet, an image which (by inference) was at odds with the reality of those same people's real personas.

According to your insinuations, any complimentary image a person asserts for themselves online is inherently suspect, and likely not true at all.

And then, you make a complimentary claim about yourself.

You get it... right?

I am not talking about "complimentary claims" that people make about themselves online. I am talking about posters making 'internet tough guy' boasts about their own abilities when it comes to using violence or reacting to violence with violence.

What is the point of these claims? How does it carry the debate or the discussion forward?

Mere preening and posturing can be an integral part of the discussion. The 'posture' can be debated. The 'preening' can be rejected on the strength of the words posted. The same cannot be said for muttering darkly ~ or babbling glibly ~ about proclivity [or prowess] to settle disputes with violence.

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
According to your insinuations, any complimentary image a person asserts for themselves online is inherently suspect, and likely not true at all.

I do not see the online boasts of men about their ability to use or respond to violence as creating a "complimentary image".

Originally posted by FMF
If this is how lemon lime is characterizing Handy Andy surely he needs to explain. The idiom is about men's interpersonal problems with their wives. But lemon lime says he's not claiming that Handy Andy has interpersonal problems with his wife or with women. The confusion is caused by lemon lime's choice of idiom.

You are too easily confused. And since part of this discussion has something to do with a perception of abuse, I really need to ask you why the in the world are you willing to set yourself up for abuse by any of us?

You are a comedians greatest asset, someone who willingly and consistently sets himself up to be the butt of jokes. This is amazing, nearly two pages of nothing but pure comedy.

Originally posted by lemon lime
You are too easily confused. And since part of this discussion has something to do with a perception of abuse, I really need to ask you why the in the world are you willing to set yourself up for abuse by any of us?

You are a comedians greatest asset, someone who willingly and consistently sets himself up to be the butt of jokes. This is amazing, nearly two pages of nothing but pure comedy.

This comes across as deflection on your part.

Originally posted by FMF
let me get a better mindset. What would you use for males?

Say what?

Originally posted by FMF
All I'm getting from this post is that you are calling me a "dumb ass".

LOL

And the hits just keep coming.

Originally posted by FMF
Well I am not making claims about my prowess in fighting. "This issue" is the pronouncements of 'internet tough guys'. How can ChessPraxis' claims when he says "If it comes to [violence], I fight to win anyway possible and I do" be tested? If they can't, really, what is the point of making them in a chat room?

My claims about me being "forthright, tenacious a ...[text shortened]... t of what's in dispute " can be tested and evaluated by anyone who reads my posts on this forum.

Well I am not making claims about my prowess in fighting.
Neither was I.
What I was claiming is that I never express anything online I am unwilling or unable to express in the physical presence of that same person(s).

Have you ever heard the saying: Writing checks with his mouth that his ass can't cash?
The point of my original "punched in the throat" comment was directed at people like that.

Let me give another example, closer to home.

Happened about 14 years ago at a company party, held at my then-boss' house.
Most of those parties begin formally enough, everyone dressed nicely and behaving in accord.
By the end of the night, there is usually always one or two who didn't know when warm tingling was enough and push on through until things get ugly for them and everyone around them.

On this particular night, one of those lacking in better judgement continued to drink his way into making an ass out of himself in a big way, most of it directed at me.
For starters, he was a non-athletic slight man, compared to my very active lifestyle and body type.
Additionally, I towered over him in every physical comparison.
Beyond that, he was mind-altering drunk while I was barely warm.
And he wouldn't stop.
If we'd been at a public venue, unrestrained by any tethering mores, he would have never been so unruly.

Yet here we were at a business-related gathering: I couldn't really do much about it other than suffer his insults, right?

It's the same principle here.
Folks who wouldn't dream of acting the way they do online while in the physical presence of those with whom they are dealing, take full advantage of the safety net of anonymity and act like complete jackasses.

If anyone qualifies as an "Internet tough guy," I say it's the ones who affect act rudely, insulting for no other reason than they can.

Originally posted by lemon lime
Say what?

So let me get a better handle on your mindset. What attempt-at-being-pejorative adjective would you use for males who have different political views from you regarding men or human rights in general? 😉

Originally posted by HandyAndy
We don't need spurs.. we have a car. And we share the driving.

I'd feel more comfortable if the Thunder could eliminate the Spurs altogether.

Originally posted by FMF
This comes across as deflection on your part.

I would try deflecting this if I were you too. Did I hit a little too close to home?

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
Folks who wouldn't dream of acting the way they do online while in the physical presence of those with whom they are dealing, take full advantage of the safety net of anonymity and act like complete jackasses.

I discuss things ~ like the stuff we discuss on these forums ~ with friends and acquaintances in real life in the same way as I do here. I am not "taking advantage of the safety net of anonymity".