Benefit of the Doubt

I don't know if MWW is up this early OK time or not occupied something else, but in case he is, I'll put this here. I have a partial life today and won't be here much if at all. except maybe briefly for the art thread

I thought about what you said, and yes, I apologize for hounding J, West about his comment It only needed to be said once. I guess it'a because although I certainly can get angry and say the F word, I generally think that when I use it its sort of lazy speech. It's the shortest way to express displeasure, but it doesn't explain anything. In fact, since the word means literally to copulate why use it in that in complaining about charity?. He didn't explain what he meant he in his initial comment so all we're left with is "screw charity" and not in the sexual sense. Maybe if he had said, "I don't like charity; I think you should give people a hand up instead of a hand out" and then explain how he would do that it would have been better He sort of said that later, (about how charity can be misused) but the initial comment stood on is own. Since he didn't explain it, all I am left with is that he doesn't want to help[ anyone but his own family.

And since you expressed displeasure for "F the GOP" as a mantra and I disliked it used to refer to a landscape painting in the art thread maybe we're both in agreement as to the overuse or inappropriate use of that word. By quoting him so much I overused it

I enjoy your posts and I'm sorry if you think I was blasting my "ignorant cannon" at you. I like you and I like your posts and I would hope that whatever lapses I have here (and no doubt there are many), you can extend the grace to me in a way that I will didn't extend to J West by giving him the benefit of the doubt. Nobody s perfect here and we can all get agitated-I certainly can.

Take care