Elizabeth wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2017 1:48 pm
Let me see if I can frame this for you Alex; I wasn't trying to insult your thought process. Craven, fearful is rhetoric I wouldn't attribute to Liander. I will agree to disagree with your thoughts, I assumed I didn't have to voice that sentiment. You did make a good point with the comment you made that I quoted. Simple, to the point.
I wasn't aware that publicly complimenting a person for stepping up their game is ass kissing, c'est la vie.
When you add a negative connotation to something, such as "diatribe", that comes across as insulting. But maybe your command of the English language isn't as strong as you thought, and you thought diatribe had a positive spin to it. If that's the case, I apologize for my sarcastic rhetoric.
And to everyone else, please, continue to kiss Liander's ass. As far as I can tell, you're all just proving his point about editorials. Seems like he wrote it so you all could fluff his ego. What do I see when I read this? I see the last few lines where Liander says if I have failed you in any way, let me know. And he has. And I let him know.
Tell him to ignore my words, but at his own peril. As from what I've read, darkwolf and I are the only ones that have offered any thing constructive, though darkwolf's words were certainly much nicer than mine.
But in the end, I wonder why I even try. This city has never run on logic.
You all read a piece by someone you like, about someone you don't, so it's masterful writing.
I read someone guising a piece blaming his short comings on other people as self reflection.
A reporter goes after the unattainable: absolute truth. To strive for absolute truth, you chase down every source, no matter how reluctant that source may be.
"I tried a few times, they were mean to me, boo boo, so I'm not trying anymore" is not something a reporter would say.
If that's your excuse, don't call yourself a reporter. Stick to editorials where your fans can unabashedly kiss your ass.
If you're going to be a reporter, report, and don't be a fucking cry baby who runs to the editorials when he's had a rough go at it so his cubs can lick his wounds.