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While the open letters forum has certainly been entertaining, some incredibly snippy and others quite profound, there's (sic) some letter writers in this thread that are so over-the-top angry I have to wonder why they can't get a life instead of read things on Salon they don't like, then post self-righteous angry diatribes chastising the author... and rest of the world. What's the deal, no dog to kick, no wife to beat, so you have to come in here and take it out on the rest of us? Mean people suck. -- anonandon
So, anonandonandonandon, you're advocating animal abuse and spousal abuse over the exercise of free speech, because having to read things you disagree with presents some kind of unbearable burden?
"Mean people suck" is just another way for the writer to say, "You suck." While saying, "You suck," may not be mean, it certainly isn't friendly, nice, polite. Pot, meet kettle.
It is anger, or is it righteous indignation? Many people didn't like Dr. King's tone, either...most people dislike hearing truth spoken to power when they're in power. In this case, people have the power to follow a prescription's directions, to document behavioral changes, to stop taking (or sometimes abusing) a medication. Instead, the piece's author preferred that her flavor of the week abuse his prescription meds and wants us to snicker at her cleverness then share in her sorrow. Notice, she found a few takers...the same people who went on to admit they, too, are so stupid they also abuse drugs or choose to not do much about its side effects.
LeCastor has been the funniest--he takes great umbrage at being labeled a dopehead yet each post more strongly advocates 'recreational' drug use and at the same time contained more typos than the previous post. As if someone were 'under the influence.'
Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. The latter is kind of fun and quite easy to do. Case in point, anonandon.
