B. U. G. S.

So what is he doing HERE?

Peter says,

“I think you all need to bury the conservative/liberal crap. First, there are very few real conservatives or liberals left. Second, if you all would just listen, you might find that the true believers on either side are starting to sound an awful lot alike. Third, conservatives are all cowards and liberals are all loonies. Dang. ”

Actually, that is exactly what Anonymous said. He likes Bob’s Blog because, on critical matters, we do sound a lot alike.

As Peter says, Anonymous is member of an extinct species, an actual honest-to-God liberal.

My favorite professor was one of those. He sponsored every nutcase group I set up on campus because every other professor was afraid to.

It is true, as I said below, that I am a little stunned by Anonymous saying that conservatives have cajones. But Anonymous is a liberal, and he told me I should also criticize “respectable liberals.”

My reply should have been that I needed HIM to do that. I don’t know them.

In fact, besides professor McConaughy, the liberals I dealt with made me a bit jealous. I did not come into contact with the ones he is referring to. Which was very fortunate for me. Dealing with respectable conservatives without actually vomiting was hard enough.

I did not need a whole new crew of Respectables to deal with. My tummy can only stand up against so much.

An awfully lot went on on Capitol Hill, even in the 1970s and 1980s, which was not a matter of ideology. I dealt with liberals who wanted to get things done, just the same as we did.

So I am used to liberals like Anonymous.

I’m spoiled, and I want to stay that way.

Anonymous identifies himself as a white gentile, and he say he against ALL genocide, including the genocide against US.

Like Professor McConaughy, he is for free speech and will take risks for it.

As far as I am concerned, that is the whole thing.

Other disagreements are trivia.

As I have said before, I am always caught off guard when someone says, “I don’t agree with everythng you say.” It strikes me as bit of an insult.

Did I ever ASK anybody to agree with everything I say?

I honor disagreement on issues.

And correction on facts is vital. When I confidently stated that “the firmament” meant the firm earth, a commenter pointed out politely that I was dead wrong.

It made me look silly, but I’ve looked silly a LOT. I look a lot worse if I am NOT corrected until I say something absurd in public. I want my commenters to do the correcting.

Anonymous, if you think I’m being unfair or personal. let me know.

And Peter, your warnings are essential. I have not lead the kind of life that makes me subtle, and far too often I have abused people who did not deserve it.

So this note to my readers:

The only reason I have something to teach is beause I am anxious to learn. If I say something that hurts you, you owe it to me, not to bear it in silence, but to correct me, either here or at bobw1830@yahoo.com

If you wish, just tell me to obliterate your email address and I will do so.

Even my enemies always admitted that the problem with me was not that I could not be trusted, but that I could trusted far too much to do precisely what I told them I would do.