You know, it's kind of funny because Mallozzi's last response pretty much takes the point you were making in the first quote and seals the deal for your argument.
Talk about just not getting it.
(Though, yes, I could try and give him the benefit of the doubt regarding he was only reading the point 2nd hand, etc. But no, the 4 years of writing just doesn't support that.)
Yeah, part of what dissuaded me from responding is that there's really no *there* there in Mallozzi's rebuttal. It's all either "do not!" or "so what?" So...whatever. It's not like I ever thought his blog was a forum for creative debate. Never was, never will be, isn't even trying to be.
I feel the tiniest bit sorry for him, because I can fully imagine that it can't be fun to have people running up to you essentially saying, "What do you have to say to total strangers on the internet who call you an incompetent asshole?" Clearly he's got no idea where my post is coming from; it's totally out-of-the-blue excoriation as far as he's concerned, and it would probably tick anyone off a little.
Of course, that doesn't explain why he's an ass to everyone *else* who wins a cameo in his blog. Also, it doesn't explain why he actually is an incompetent fuckweasel who doesn't know what "colonialism" means. But anyway, I'm just saying, I'd be pissed, too.
it can't be fun to have people running up to you essentially saying, "What do you have to say to total strangers on the internet who call you an incompetent asshole?"
Excellent point, but you're right. I think he still could have been the "bigger man" if he'd actually, ya know, thought before he responded.
Wow. Not that I haven't known this for years, but after reading your post and then his I am struck *yet again* by how much a) smarter and b) better a writer you are than Joe M.
Yeah, sorry, I didn't mean that to sound like I was damning with faint praise, I actually think you are better than a lot of way smarter and more talented writers than him *g*... he was just the one I was hating at the moment I left that comment.
Weirdly, I had that same reaction. I was all like, "ZOMG, THAT IS ME!" The shiny, shiny lure of fake celebrity, man. I dunno who it is, but Rumor Has It he's some dude whose sister reads my lj. I have the vague impression he's kind of young? Anyway, I found it kind of charming that he thought what Big Sister and I were saying was troubling enough that he needed backup to cope with it; most people just dismiss me as a raving lunatic and move on. *g*
You're so, so right. I have a massive knee-jerk hatred of being misquoted, so it was tempting on that level (there's actually a really fabulous Formative Childhood Story about that that I'll maybe share with fandom someday: Wee Small Hth Vs. The International Press -- *you think I'm joking, but I'm not*) -- but honestly, no. I know that arguing philosophy with Joe freaking Mallozzi is a total sucker's game.
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Talk about just not getting it.
(Though, yes, I could try and give him the benefit of the doubt regarding he was only reading the point 2nd hand, etc. But no, the 4 years of writing just doesn't support that.)
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Personal Translation:
"Hi, I'm an asshole who doesn't realize how interconnected the internet is and I like responding to things out of context!"
Really, they had me until they ran with the "let's threaten the pregnant woman!" plot. Please shoot me.
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Of course, that doesn't explain why he's an ass to everyone *else* who wins a cameo in his blog. Also, it doesn't explain why he actually is an incompetent fuckweasel who doesn't know what "colonialism" means. But anyway, I'm just saying, I'd be pissed, too.
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Excellent point, but you're right. I think he still could have been the "bigger man" if he'd actually, ya know, thought before he responded.
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