manchicken here…

So, recently a Ron Paul Supporter–Josh, who has in the past vehemently supported the acts of the KKK and has tried so ferociously to shut up my criticism of Ron Paul through personal attack and abuse–posted an article featuring yours truly! Flattering, no?

Well, he actually found a picture of me (I’m guessing from MySpace, way to figure out how to use the interweb Josh, I bet your mommy is super-proud) at a concert that I attended in 2005 with my lovely wife. He cut out some of the most interesting parts of the photo, like Josh Brown who is the lead singer and song writer for Day of Fire. I don’t know who the guy on the right is–though I like his shirt–but the one on the left is definitely me.

I think I look pretty good after rocking out pretty hard with my wife for about 6 hours in 105′F heat on a Saturday afternoon. As you can tell I’m also considerably razor-burnt, those of you who know me know that I usually sport a beard, and I’ve got a touch of the heat exhaustion. I still think I look pretty damned good after all of that. I’d like to see Josh rock out with his wife for 6 hours in that heat… oh… I’m sorry… Josh isn’t married, my mistake.

So, as you can obviously see from the blog post that he did of me, he’s trying to smear me, and he seems to have some sort of misconception that calling me a “fatboy” is going to offend me or make me in some way defensive. Well, I’m not really offended, I’m just tickled that Josh did such a fantastic job of proving my point in my previous post: Ron Paul supporters don’t care about the issues, they just want you to shut up and accept their propaganda.

You’ll notice that at no point in his “article” did he cite any specific criticism that he has of me, nor does he explain any reason why I’m wrong. He merely posts the photo in a failed attempt to embarrass me and shut me up. Not gonna happen.

Those of you who know me know that I actually describe myself as a “fat, bearded geek.” Am I proud of my obesity? Not really, but I have the testicular fortitude to be okay with myself even with my problems, and I did well enough to find myself a fantastic wife and now we’ve got a son on the way. I’m rather content with my life. I’m not very content with Ron Paul’s supporters however.

This sort of attacking is actually quite common though. You don’t have to Google very long to find more of this sort of behavior (google: “ron paul” +basher), it is pretty much everywhere. These people are going around calling people who they disagree with “liars” and accusing them of all sorts of stuff. Everything except for addressing it as if it were possibly a reasonable conclusion that they came to after looking over what’s out there. Although I suppose that in the cult of Ron Paul they don’t really let you think that anybody would possibly disagree with Ron Paul if they’re reasonable. I don’t think rationality or critical thinking is anywhere near the top priority of this campaign.

So Josh, if you’re reading this, thanks for thinking of me. I really appreciate how you helped me make my point. As for photos of your dear manchicken, try this one. And folks, remember to never leave home without your beard, or some asshole with a blog later on down the line will try to use the photos to try to embarrass you.

(Damn I look good)

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