mawhrin

fwiw i was mostly annoyed by the “his wife is doing what” in the comment i was answering directly – going after him just because of his wife would be like going after varoufakis just because his wife is supposedly the heroine of blur's “common people”.

and i happily agree that doctorow could dispense with his privilege, tone down the smugness and try for less shallow takes once in a while.

fwiw it looks like we were just pushing each other's pain points; i should've disengaged much earlier either.

that's as fine parody of the ea communication style as i ever^1 seen.

let me bow out^2 now.

(if we were to question bonafides of leftist intellectuals[^1] just because they are supported by someone belonging to the moneyed class, or come from the moneyed class themselves, we'd need to start with certain mr. marx, comrades. and numerous others.)

[^1]: however you value doctorow's qualities as an intellectual.

so should he have divorced her in 2017 to prove his ideological purity?

(waves to the local chapter of the leftist circular firing squad)

adderall is an amphetamine (or a mix of its salts), but it is not the metamphetamine, and it's not what makes the eas racist, cultish or even overly verbose debating club dropouts. (and neither would speed, fwiw.)

(and i certainly hope that there's no need to explain basic organic chemistry here, so please do not use the “the difference is just a methyl group” argument)

also: what in “don't medicalise gobshittery” is unclear?

whoever it was, i clicked the arrow down too, so that person didn't feel so alone.

nah. i have a proper adhd and am medicated to my ears with medikinet (yeah, so it's metylphenidate, not adderall, but for the purpose of the reply it doesn't make a difference), but it didn't make me an adult debating club aficionado. can we please not medicalise gobshittery?

so now we have confirmation that tracing w. is (a) a petty, vengeful prick and (b) reads this; good. tracing, whoever you are, why don't you focus on some introspection, like consider what causes you to agree with obvious anti-scientific crap (scientific racism, hbd) and why do you prefer the company of fascists (proto, wannabe, true, disguised, and the illinois nazis) to the company of people who don't think genocide can be justified for any reason?

yup.

i think this one is my favourite so far.

that atleson person is absolutely first class sneerer.