Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Gazing In Wild Wonder

I think the internet is a marvelous tool. I think it is possible for ordinary people like me to take in and share all sorts of information with pretty much the whole world. News, politics, science, the arts; it's all there for the taking.

I also am a firm proponent of having as open an internet as possible. Anyone and everyone should have access to whatever they want. Jump in with both feet, even if they're occasionally planted in your mouth, I say! Be bold and brave.

Then again, because it's open to everyone, some folks out there are just . . . well, see for yourself. The following includes some extreme vulgarity, so, you know, tread with caution.
Recently (May 8th to be exact) I did a post on potty-mouthed golf caddy George Tierney of Greenville South Carolina who, for some reason, took offense when Sandra Fluke went on Twitter and voiced her support for a bill that would protect the rights of working women when they get pregnant.
Misunderstanding how the Twitter works, George Tierney of Greenville South Carolina seemed to think he was using his “inside voice” when speaking (twatting) to Ms. Fluke on Twitter only to find out, in a very round-about way, that she elected to retweet to her 36,000 followers what George Tierney of Greenville South Carolina had to say to her and she only did this because she is obviously racist against douchebags who like to shout stuff at ladies on the internet because, as we like to say: virtual manhood is better than no manhood at all. --snip-- So eight days after I shared The Magic of George Tierney of Greenville South Carolina he wrote an email to my patron d’art, as follows:
Whoever runs this site needs to take my damn comments off of it. I did not give you permission, nor did you ask me for it. It shows up on google and I will see a lawyer if this doesnt disappear. Ask me before posting bullshit about me. You fuckers had no right. Sincerely, George Tierney Jr
The only thing classier than those tweets is threatening to sue someone because you don't know how the internet works. There are a couple subsequent posts detailing Tierney's Twitter War with a couple folks having a bit of fun with him, because baiting someone who seems to have a couple issues with anger and self-control can be fun, even if it ends up with nothing more than learning a new insult, "fuckhop".

I appreciate Marshall Art a whole lot more now, let me tell you.

We move now from the random slightly crazy person who was on the receiving end of that whole fifteen minutes of fame thing only to realize what a fickle lover she is, to a website that seems to be WorldNetDaily meets Weekly World News. Called Before It's News, it is an example of what's called "Citizen Journalism", or, "Our unverified rumors are better than the Times' or the Post's so there." What do all those scrappy site members dig up, "before it's news"?
Obamacare: The Foot in the Door for Communism
Russians Build FEMA Camps For Americans On Alaska Islands
Congress Seeks To Establish Ministry of Truth!
And, my personal favorite, although it will never beat "Headless Man Found At Topless Bar":
Giant Killer Mice Decimating Rare Seabirds
While it doesn't have that dash of outre that comes with calling a young woman one has never met a cunt, not to mention that marvelous "fuckchop", it's this kind of thing that keeps the internet from getting boring. Oh, and if Scott Tierney wants to sue me, he can email me the threat, then I'll publish it here, and he can figure out I'm really a woman named Jennifer. Like the kids say, mad skills.

6 comments:

Parklife said...

heh...

"I appreciate Marshall Art.."

Personally, I would have finished that sentence a different way.

Lisa Golden said...

Dear Jennifer: I am laughing out loud at work. And I don't care who hears me. I have missed so much these last few days.

Love,

DC

Geoffrey Kruse-Safford said...

HAHAHAHA!!!! We've switched places now, what with you being all employed and all.

I need to shoot you an email soon about some things. I know you're busy, so I thought I'd make sure you understand you read it and respond if and when you have the time.

Geoffrey Kruse-Safford said...

Oh, and I'm glad I made you laugh. Sometimes it's nice to do something a bit lighthearted, because, frankly, all that heavy politics and religion and other stuff drains me.

BTW - couldn't fuckchop be a term of endearment, like lambchop only raunchier?

Marshall Art said...

"I appreciate Marshall Art a whole lot more now, let me tell you."

What's THAT supposed to mean?

And by the way, are you now pretending to care what someone on the internet says about some woman? Can you link me to those posts you did about people like Bill Maher calling Sarah Palin names, or Ed Schultz calling Laura Ingraham names, or perhaps all the incredibly nasty emails, blog comments and tweets received by Michelle Malkin?

Geoffrey Kruse-Safford said...

On Ed Schultz and Bill Maher. What they did, and what Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann and Tucker Carlson, regularly did to Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sarah Palin are despicable, hateful things.

Also, I don't "care". This is more along the lines of, "Wow. There are some folks out there who are nuts, huh." A point lost on no one but you.

Oh, and I appreciate you because you haven't threatened to sue me because you don't understand how the internet works. Although, you might have done what I did and typed "Sarah Palin" or "Bill Maher" or "Ed Schultz" or "Laura Ingraham" in the search bar at the top. That might have helped answer your own question.

Again, it's the internet. It's easy to use, Art.

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