tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post6822240817600771508..comments2023-10-18T01:52:22.751-07:00Comments on The American Dissident: Oil of VitriolG. Tod Slonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298151154368372719noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-4002553977593635332009-01-04T08:17:00.000-08:002009-01-04T08:17:00.000-08:00PS: A pit bull never quits! And I suppose that's...PS: A pit bull never quits! And I suppose that's a compliment. I too have that trait. So, indeed, you and I do share a few things in common.G. Tod Slonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08298151154368372719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-73406996937901803532009-01-04T08:16:00.000-08:002009-01-04T08:16:00.000-08:00Well, actually, I did like you. I wasn't pretendi...Well, actually, I did like you. I wasn't pretending at all. I don't pretend.<BR/><BR/>The history of the origin of our dispute can easily be proven and was proven in previous comments. I have the emails to prove it.<BR/><BR/>Thin skinned means you were easily offended by my remarks and will hold a grudge until the day you croak. <BR/><BR/>Your critique of my poems was a definite attack on my person: "schoolboy". <BR/><BR/>Apparently, your anger blinds your reading ability. Reread the blog. You did incite me to put my poems up. What, I thought, would delight you the most, if not poems? Putting them up was akin to my standing naked before the henchman. I had no doubt whatsoever that you would attempt to hammer them into pulp. So, I did what most would dare not. Capiche, pobrecito?<BR/><BR/>I have admitted on this very blog that I do use ad hominem rhetoric. But, I also stated that, unlike most people, I make a conscious effort not to use it. So why do you keep repeating that I keep saying I never use it? <BR/><BR/>Yes, that was such a great successful poem you wrote, Mather!G. Tod Slonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08298151154368372719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-76710046944177639412009-01-03T08:55:00.000-08:002009-01-03T08:55:00.000-08:00My response was to address the poems you posted fo...My response was to address the poems you posted for public scrutiny, and then also because you begged me to say something with your misleading comment, which Charlotte thought was so full of humor. I critiqued your poems without attacking you as a person. Your response to me was to start talking about irrelevancies meant to attack my character. That's what ad hominem IS.matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-51643441834169362912009-01-03T08:47:00.000-08:002009-01-03T08:47:00.000-08:00Your whole rewritten history of the origin of our ...Your whole rewritten history of the origin of our argument, no matter how many times you repeat it, remains untrue and meant to make you look like a saint and me some kind of crazy anger-management case, which makes the whole thing irrelevant to what I said about your poems and a pretty obvious recourse to ad hominem. Also, your attack on my poem is ad hominem. You are welcome to critic anything of mine whenever you want, but when you launch into this attack as a direct response to my critic of your poems, that is ad hominem. You are not logically addressing anything I said, merely trying to undermine my authority, character, abilities, etc., albeit in an embarrassingly ineffective way.matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-43238021261743284192009-01-03T07:58:00.000-08:002009-01-03T07:58:00.000-08:00You continually call me "thin-skinned" and it just...You continually call me "thin-skinned" and it just doesn't make any sense. I am arguing and debating and criticizing here, I am not running away from you, and I am taking criticism from you, but you are still not satisfied. I think it's much better now than our previous relationship, because now we can be honest and not pretend we like each other.matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-31794510722278429532009-01-03T07:43:00.000-08:002009-01-03T07:43:00.000-08:00I "indirectly incited" you to put your poems there...I "indirectly incited" you to put your poems there? That's a typical, vague, ball-less statement, borderline oxymoron. I think your real incitement was to try to sell some of your books. That's like saying my poem was "perhaps" the worst poem in the issue. Make a decision, for christ-sakes.<BR/><BR/>I was assuming you chose three of the BEST poems to put on your blog, and to compare them to my little poem in FTB is not a very effective argument. Besides, your words against my poem hardly can be defined as "scathing". <BR/><BR/>By pointing out his dumbness and meanness I was pointing out my own dumbness and meanness, which was the whole point, and is why the poem worked. <BR/><BR/>To continually give your readers an incomplete and biased history of our argument is riduculous and anyway it's just a way to avoid the things I am saying now.<BR/><BR/>You said nothing about those confusing lines of yours. I believe you say in that poem exactly the opposite of what you think you are saying, or what you want to say. If I'm wrong, maybe you could clarify my mis-reading.matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-11290211372161439622009-01-03T07:20:00.000-08:002009-01-03T07:20:00.000-08:00Thanks Charlotte! As for Schneider's comments, I r...Thanks Charlotte! As for Schneider's comments, I respond to them in the edited blog.G. Tod Slonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08298151154368372719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-66897149183751970522009-01-02T15:38:00.000-08:002009-01-02T15:38:00.000-08:00Happy new year.Just to clear some things up: I hat...Happy new year.<BR/><BR/>Just to clear some things up: I hate rhyme, would never say your poems are the "worst" I've seen and do not advocate "cutesy wit". Also, your poems do use metaphor, however unimaginatively. <BR/><BR/>God, it's hard to know where to start with these poems of yours. First of all, the message is not a very strong message and definitely not a new message, so in order for that message to mean something it better be convincingly given. So, I look at the quality of the poems themselves. This is the great disappointment. The poems show some pretty obvious characteristics: artlessness (ending poems with three dots, no consistency in language, no sign of the poems having been reread or revised) listlessness (three lines with three words as in "had/been/made") redundancies ("alienated antipodes", "unquestioning comformity") general chaos of adjectives, adverbs and fancy words ("increasingly", "suddenly", "constantly", "acolytic", "adipose") and garbled strings of schoolboy alliteration ("subtly slide capitulated, decapitated...") Any one of these areas would exaust a reviewer, so I'm going to focus on one thing and just ask you this: you say "...but winning what,/if not relief from the agony of not having/to stand upright, so alone..." Do you mean you win relief from the agony of NOT HAVING to stand upright, or should it be the agony of HAVING to stand upright?matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-18584573441806229152009-01-02T10:49:00.000-08:002009-01-02T10:49:00.000-08:00My opinion: good poems with good messages.Also, I ...My opinion: good poems with good messages.<BR/><BR/>Also, I liked the follow up comment which showed a bit of humor/sarcasm. It surprised me.<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year to Tod and to all who read his blog. Maybe I should say, I wish a Happier New Year to Tod and to all who read his blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-65995942441200458742009-01-02T10:09:00.000-08:002009-01-02T10:09:00.000-08:00These are the worst poems I've ever read! There's...These are the worst poems I've ever read! There's no rhyming, no metaphors, and no cutesy wit. They read like prose! In fact, you're not even a poet! You even use "o'er" and "oh." You're a journalist! [I'm just beating ole pit-bull grudge-holder Mather to the punch! Hahaha.] Happy New Year to ye all! (Oops, I used "ye"!)G. Tod Slonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08298151154368372719noreply@blogger.com