tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824790768118172625.post308525752265520919..comments2023-08-24T18:26:14.508-07:00Comments on Pragmatarianism: Ouch, My Most of Me!!Xerographicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824790768118172625.post-76099789017827376212012-04-03T04:13:52.475-07:002012-04-03T04:13:52.475-07:00"Actually, no Xero, that account is not mine,..."Actually, no Xero, that account is not mine, but thanks for being so quick to judge. Not so humble about your incomplete knowledge when you drew that conclusion, were you?"<br /><br />Quick to judge assumes that I'm trying to assign guilt to you. It doesn't bother me one bit that you, or somebody else, created that account. In fact, I think it's pretty darn funny. You're the only one who has done similarly funny things in the past...so I did just assume it was you...not that it matters one iota.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your perspective on my behavior. From my perspective...I do not intentionally do anything obnoxious...but you're certainly not the first to make this observation. The argument that I'm trying to advance is that your perspective should matter...so it strikes me as a incongruous when you and other anarcho-capitalists attack my argument.<br /><br />Regarding the thread that I "spammed" and "derailed" ...<a href="http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?369934-A-Libertarian-Theory-of-Enfranchisement" rel="nofollow">A Libertarian Theory of Enfranchisement</a>...I merely shared my perspective on the topic in a civil way. Rather than copying and pasting pages and pages of discussion and thoughts on the subject...it was more efficient for me to link to my relevant blog entries on the subject of voting. Regarding "derailing"...if people were somehow "derailed" by every comment on the internet that they did not find to be valuable... then the train would never even leave the station. As it is...you and Anarcho-Capitalist had no problem ignoring my perspective and moving on with your own exchange of perspectives. <br /><br />Personally...it's not so much of mystery why most people do not embrace pragmatarianism...<a href="http://pragmatarianism.blogspot.com/2012/01/unglamorous-but-important-things.html" rel="nofollow">Unglamorous but Important Things</a>. They simply do not understand basic economic concepts. If it was easy for people to understand these concepts then they would have done so long long long before I was even born. Am I doing a good job helping them understand these concepts? Probably not...but from where I stand...I'm certainly making a substantial effort that you should strive to emulate rather than criticize. <br /><br />In other words...please feel free to show me how it's done. Once I see you contributing outside of the Ron Paul Forums...sharing important economic concepts with the rest of the people on the internet...then I'll be glad to take notes on your techniques. Well... assuming they're successful of course.Xerographicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824790768118172625.post-56486109903773712172012-04-03T03:14:26.912-07:002012-04-03T03:14:26.912-07:00"To drive the point home he created a new acc..."To drive the point home he created a new account on the Ron Paul Forums ("Pragmatarian") and then pretends to be my first follower..."<br /><br />Actually, no Xero, that account is not mine, but thanks for being so quick to judge. Not so humble about your incomplete knowledge when you drew that conclusion, were you?<br /><br />I pointed out when you "quickly skimmed" the OP of a thread's article, as you described, before spamming 3 links to your blog and nearly derailed it within the first few posts. I also explained to someone that you weren't a troll, but that you were oblivious as to how to interact with the people you are attempting to win arguments with, and I posted 2 pictures which had to do with the way you've chosen to interact and how the result ends up alienating rather than convince them to join you.<br /><br />The new user account must have been someone else who got tired of your incessant blog spam, derails, one note wonders, and complete and utter lack of etiquette. I honestly don't care enough about you or your pragmatarian crusade to do something like that. If you recall, when I even made that silly blog it was after you were consistently prodding me to start one, so I did as a joke and so I could just post that the next time you asked about it. I just blow off some steam sometimes when I see you pulling obnoxious stunts for attention, which happens often enough it's often hard to avoid. You probably think I hate you or something, but I don't. I just wish you'd get over yourself and conduct yourself better, which would be more conducive of your goals. Interacting with you has left such a horrid taste that I can't look at the word "pragmatarian" without having a negative connotation to it, which is really unfortunate from the perspective of someone whose trying to promote those ideas because I didn't start out with that connotation and I know I'm not the only one with this experience.noneedtoaggresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18385932270656990515noreply@blogger.com