I’ll do…

The first rule of J.G.Thayer being in a hole is he should stop digging. … Especially since he declared the matter closed.

Here’s a hint… we are laughing at you. No one here is talking you seriously. Slink away and wait till one of your fellow right-wingers says something really stupid to take the heat off of you.

It shouldn’t take long.

Whether or not I’ve ever been fired from any job is utterly irrelevant to pretty much anything. You said I was fired from blogging, completely making up shit that you had to admit was bogus and now you’re trying to downplay your lying.

Keep spinning, asshole. Who knows? You might even manage to convince yourself. You do tend to believe your own bullshit on a fairly regular basis.

J.

Yep. That’s right. Your dismissive attitude towards the GOP’s use of racist campaigning tactics for the past 40+ years reflects poorly on the people who mention it.

“The accusation of being fired, though… that was clearly defamatory. That couldn’t go unchallenged.”

You are so full of yourself.

“That is why I had to force you to back down.”

You’ve been fired for a job and justifiably so, and this remains a sore point with you to this day, because you think you were the victim. There is no other explanation for your irrational, over-the-top reaction.

How’s that for backing down?

I’m not the one who brought it up. Accusing me of something I didn’t say! LIBEL!

Besides, I have a history of trashing the Klan that makes it abundantly clear that you, as usual, are just talking out of your ass. My ignoring that charge isn’t an acknowledgment of the charge, but a dismissal of you.

The accusation of being fired, though… that was clearly defamatory. That couldn’t go unchallenged. That is why I had to force you to back down.

J.

I said it. At least a couple of people here have made it their life’s goal to make sure I never forget I said it. I never once tried to deny it or conceal it. At the time, it seemed like a good way of expressing my ongoing disgust with a serial sexual predator.

Would I say it again? Probably not.

Does that give you an excuse to commit libel? Of course not.

But it’ll serve as an excuse for you to change the subject, I see…

J.

That’s cause you have no shame. I think we have learned that about you.

“The original subject matter was almost as creepy — predatory older man in position of tremendous power exploiting a woman subordinate not much older than his own daughter — I just extended it one step further.”

You really are… I don’t even know what to say about you.

You are humorous. That is for sure.

Yes. Because being accused of being a member in a unpopular organization is equal to being accused of breaking the law in the most horrendous way.

You have no sense of balance, do you?

Uh, ya. If you actually sue him. Are you planning to do that? Because seriously you should.

Please. Do it for us.

“Hey, get away from the bong — the brain (even one as impaired as yours) needs SOME oxygen.”

Okay, so I’ve called you a Klan member, and you are fine with that.

You claim I’m breaking the law, and you are fine with that.

I make a joke that you were fired from a job, and you freak out. Completely.

I think I hit a nerve.

So… How many times have you been fired?

But that’s a defense for Strowbridge to make, and it carries with it the admission that the initial defamation was incorrect. He/she/it doesn’t have the character to do that.

J.

Leaving aside Jay Tea’s delicate sensibilities, anytime he wants to argue that his “professional reputation” has been damaged by a comment here, he should be mocked for it, regardless of the provocation.

Especially in instances like this in which Strowbidge has an obvious legal defense:

Claimant is incapable of further defamation–e.g., the claimant’s position in the community is so poor that defamation could not do further damage to the plaintiff. Such a claimant could be said to be “libel-proof,” since in most jurisdictions, actual damage is an essential element for a libel claim. Essentially, the defense is that the person had such a bad reputation before the libel, that no further damage could possibly have been caused by the making of the statement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation#Slander_and_libel

“Libel-proof.” I think that fits Jay Tea to a, well, T.

Jay Tea is trying to hold someone to a standard he doesn’t hold himself to. Which perfectly sums up right wing ideology.

You wounds me again, coxcomb! I shall preserve my honor!

Seriously, I didn’t take any side. I just found it funny that Mr. Tea would huff and puff about the “fired” comment, then immediately turn around and make the “bong” comment.

For more hijinx, find the continuation in a later thread.

I must defend my honor, sah! Cream pies at dawn! Quibbie

I meant it as a compliment, Quibbie. Just surprised you’d take Strowbridge’s side for a completely made up accusation, especially when you both go to great lengths to disprove anything said by Jay Tea or myself or anyone not in the Democratic/liberal side of any argument that you don’t agree with.

It’s one thing for you guys to be silent when he says we are Klan members and racists with nothing to support those claims, but I’m just surprised to see you choose to criticize Jay Tea for being offended at something Strowbridge obviously just pulled out of his ass because he had nothing else to say, without even so much as asking him where he came up with it.

So you’ve retained Lionel Hutz in your rock solid case against Strowbridge?

Tasteless? Absolutely. Legally actionable? Not in the least.

J.

Right. Like making jokes about Chelsea Clinton and semen stained dresses?

My suspicion: quite heavily. And quite rightly. That’s the kind of crap you simply DON’T DO.

Pity Strowbridge watches too many movies to understand that sort of thing doesn’t fly in real life.

J.