Reply #61: Sorry, That Did Nothing To Sway Me. My Assessment Stands Firm. [View All]

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You weren't just asking for a boycott. You were declaring with condescension that we are too comfy and that it's about time we 'put up or shut up', as if you are some leader of some new revolutionary idea that can stop this war. But all I saw was some ineffective no-sacrifice-whatsoever comfy from your computer call to just simply not shop today. That isn't putting up or shutting up, Omega, sorry. To truly 'put up or shut up' would require far more effort and sacrifice then typing from a computer to not shop today, which in the end will go completely unnoticed and have absolutely ZERO impact.

In my opinion, if you're going to snub your nose at DU'ers and act that we're not taking the war and it's being stopped seriously enough, you could at least come up with some real and meaningful show of effort and strategy to show you're out there truly taking it seriously. Asking "hey, don't buy anything today!" is not even close.

And I'm not saying there isn't some virtue to your wanting people to think about where there money goes. But that wasn't the point. Had you had just made the simple point and request I would've had no problem. It was the condescension and seeming declarations of "You aren't taking this seriously enough! Didn't you see the images! I'm taking it seriously enough, you need to be like meeeeeee!!!!! Get up off your asses and put up or shut up!" while not actually putting forth anything that would lead anyone to believe you are any less comfy or doing anything more than they are to put an end to this war.

You can't call out DU'ers to be challenged to do more, and tell them they are all talk and need to put up or shut up, and infer they aren't taking closure of this war seriously enough, while then doing nothing more than from the comfort of your computer asking a few people to just not shop today. That ain't put'in up or shut'in up Omega.

So again, my problem wasn't with your intent of getting people to think about how they spend their money today, even though I do consider it to be a completely ineffective action call. My problem was with the hypocritical condescension throughout your thread.

Bye now.

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