me: http://www.theblogmocracy.com/2010/03/20/barrett-brown-another-progressive-bigot-and-racist/ Mark: good god Mark: just reading the first paragraph me: that's nothing Mark: this guy clearly lives in some kind of weird parallel reality me: the end is the best part Mark: ok, i'll press on Mark: "This is news to me since the Vatican has never had armies to assemble and unleash." oops me: yeah me: shockingly, this conservative blogger does not know of the Papal States me: or Swiss Guard me: or SEKRIT JESUIT INTERNATIONAL ASSASSIN LEAGUE that I made up Mark: well, ok Mark: that certainly woke me up Mark: for you, is this kind of thing even worth responding to in the comments? me: I'm going to do a post on it me: "People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. Your house has just been smashed and your racism/bigotry has been exposed for all the world to see, Brown!" me: every day's a new day Mark: from the comments: "The Spaniards were actually viewed as liberators by many subjects of the Incas and Aztecs." Mark: ! me: well, that was true for a short time Mark: that is seriously self-parody me: until they realized the Spaniards were worse Mark: but, but "viewed as liberators" me: that is a little much me: "He is 180 degrees wrong about Latin America. It was precisely the Catholic Church that worked hard to mitigate the treatment of the natives and to preserve the good things in their heritage." me: I don't even know how long this is going to take to refute Mark: you'll be up late with wikipedia Mark: it's not entirely wrong Mark: the church did fight with the spanish landowners over treatment of the natives Mark: but that was only because the church wanted to have more time to spend converting them me: Soviets fought with Nazis over treatment of the Poles Mark: right Mark: if i remember correctly Mark: the core of the church's "humanitarian" position on the american natives Mark: was that they were currently savages Mark: but COULD be saved Mark: the "racist" position was that they were totally hopeless Mark: but, you'll get to have all kinds of fun with this later Mark: it'll be a long day on wikipedia, i imagine me: also me: know Michael Wolff? Mark: not really Mark: why? me: New York Observer wants me to go after him me: he's a giant douche me: writes for Vanity Fair me: co-owner of Newser me: which is this stupid news aggregator for which he's always shilling me: predicted in 2005 that blogs would be gone in a year and a half me: http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gawker/2009/06/Picture_5.png me: yes me: that is a person Mark: so i take it you don't object to taking the hatchet to him me: no, he's a douche me: and a director competitor me: insomuch as that he has his would-be last-word in early 21st century information relay me: and I have mine me: difference is that I don't get capitalized to the extent that I can throw big faggy parties me: plus I have designed a secret esoteric symbol for my internet movement and he has not Mark: oh, is that what that was Mark: i was kind of confused about that Mark: and who knows barret, maybe you too will get to a faggy parties in mahattan stage in your career me: did I already send it? Mark: there was an image at the bottom of your most recent trueslant post me: ah, yes me: see, I told you I would create a secret society me: and thus prove me: that secret societies exist me: check and mate me: MARK Mark: ah. well done