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What do impudent nebbishes, manipulative vulgar ribald-types, and LaughingRat have in common? If you answered, “They all revile everything in the most obscene terms and drag it into the filth of the basest possible outlook,” then pat yourself on the back.
I’ll get right to the point. I find much to disagree with in LaughingRat’s warnings. To plunge right into it, LaughingRat will probably respond to this just like he responds to all criticism. He will put me down as “unctuous” or “disorganized.” That’s his standard answer to everyone who says or writes anything about him except the most fawning praise. I am being utterly serious when I say that if he has spurred us to recall the ideals of compassion, nonviolence, community, and cooperation, then Pakin may have accomplished a useful thing. (The merits of his cajoleries won’t be discussed here, because they lack merit.)
In the strictest sense, if LaughingRat would abandon his name-calling and false dichotomies, it would be much easier for me to oppose our human vices wherever they may be found — arrogance, hatred, jealousy, unfaithfulness, avarice, and so on. He rarely tells his cringers that he plans to make serious dialogue difficult or impossible. This is all well and good, but someone once said to me, “In plain language, LaughingRat is the most tasteless, malignant and superstitious waste of genetic material in our society.” This phrase struck me so forcefully that I have often used it since. Imagine people everywhere embracing his claim that those of us who oppose him would rather run than fight. The idea defies the imagination. If we intend to defend democracy, we had best learn to recognize its primary enemy and not be afraid to stand up and call him by name. That name is LaughingRat.
Let me close by reminding you that the statements I made about LaughingRat in this letter are in earnest. I will not equivocate. I will not excuse. I will not retreat a single inch. And I will be heard.
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I’ll get right to the point. I find much to disagree with in LaughingRat’s warnings. To plunge right into it, LaughingRat will probably respond to this just like he responds to all criticism. He will put me down as “unctuous” or “disorganized.” That’s his standard answer to everyone who says or writes anything about him except the most fawning praise. I am being utterly serious when I say that if he has spurred us to recall the ideals of compassion, nonviolence, community, and cooperation, then Pakin may have accomplished a useful thing. (The merits of his cajoleries won’t be discussed here, because they lack merit.)
In the strictest sense, if LaughingRat would abandon his name-calling and false dichotomies, it would be much easier for me to oppose our human vices wherever they may be found — arrogance, hatred, jealousy, unfaithfulness, avarice, and so on. He rarely tells his cringers that he plans to make serious dialogue difficult or impossible. This is all well and good, but someone once said to me, “In plain language, LaughingRat is the most tasteless, malignant and superstitious waste of genetic material in our society.” This phrase struck me so forcefully that I have often used it since. Imagine people everywhere embracing his claim that those of us who oppose him would rather run than fight. The idea defies the imagination. If we intend to defend democracy, we had best learn to recognize its primary enemy and not be afraid to stand up and call him by name. That name is LaughingRat.
Let me close by reminding you that the statements I made about LaughingRat in this letter are in earnest. I will not equivocate. I will not excuse. I will not retreat a single inch. And I will be heard.
Fill in the blancks to this article created by Scott Prakkin's currently dead complaint letter generator, by C&Ping from http://flakmag.com/web/aclg.html
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