{"id":60080,"date":"2016-08-25T11:35:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T16:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=60080"},"modified":"2016-08-25T11:35:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T16:35:32","slug":"remora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=60080","title":{"rendered":"Remora"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCENE: \u00a0Mitch BERG is has just picked up a pound of coffee beans from the neighborhood coffee shop. \u00a0As he leaves, he notices Avery LIBRELLE sitting at a table. \u00a0BERG tries to look smaller, and starts to slink past to get to the\u00a0door – but LIBRELLE notices him.<\/em><\/p>\n

LIBRELLE: \u00a0 Merg!<\/p>\n

BERG: \u00a0Oh…hey, Avery. \u00a0What’s up?<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE: \u00a0 I’m leaving comments on your blog.<\/p>\n

BERG: \u00a0Uh…OK.<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE: \u00a0 They call you out for being the amoral conservative scumbag you really are!<\/p>\n

BERG: \u00a0Huh. \u00a0Just like my \u00a0mom always says.<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE: \u00a0 Hah! \u00a0I bet! \u00a0And I do it under a pseudonym, so nothing I say will ever get back to me!<\/p>\n

BERG: \u00a0Huh.<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE: \u00a0Because conservatives, being shriveled emotional husks of people, will track me down and attack me if they find out who is speaking truth to them!<\/p>\n

BERG: \u00a0Hmmm. \u00a0 Seems a little…hyper dramatic?<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE: \u00a0 And my comments are really, really long, because I have a lot to say! \u00a0Stuff that will enlighten the mouth-breathing morons that read your blog!<\/p>\n

BERG: \u00a0And I’m sure we’ll all appreciate it.<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE: \u00a0 You should! \u00a0I’m\u00a0brilliant<\/em>!<\/p>\n

BERG: \u00a0 Huh. \u00a0And then you’ll discuss the response to your comments? \u00a0Because that is not only the purpose of my comment section, but really the entire benefit of having online comments; to have a conversation, something from which everyone learns.<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE: \u00a0 Discussion? \u00a0Are you kidding me? \u00a0What do I, someone with thirty years experience as a liberal activist, have to learn from the brain-dead impotent fat bald hate-filled pieces of shit that read\u00a0your\u00a0<\/em>garbage blog?<\/p>\n

BERG: \u00a0Huh. \u00a0 Well, I mean, among my regular commenters we have an M.D, a couple of engineers, a couple of scientists, some accountants, a lawyer or two, some writers – people who actually have to work with fact, logic and argumentation for a living. \u00a0You might learn something.<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE: \u00a0From who?<\/p>\n

BERG: \u00a0Er…right.<\/p>\n

Hey – just a suggestion, here. \u00a0Don’t you have \u00a0a blog of your own? \u00a0“The LIbrelle Point Of View<\/em>?” One where you are perfectly free to write anything you want, and have the discussions…<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE: \u00a0 …no “discussions” on my blog. \u00a0Any fat, bald, white, brain-dead pieces of crap who comment on my blog get blocked. \u00a0Life’s too short for idiots and scumbags.<\/p>\n

BERG: \u00a0Anyway, why don’t you write these earth-shaking nuggets of truth on your\u00a0own<\/em> blog, since you don’t really intend to actually\u00a0discuss<\/em> your comments?<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE: \u00a0 \u00a0But I get like five readers a day on my blog. \u00a0I can get the truth out to hundreds<\/em> of people in your comment section.<\/p>\n

BERG: \u00a0Huh.<\/p>\n

LIBRELLE: \u00a0 Hey, grab me a large latte, skim, extra syrup, organic only, while you’re up.<\/p>\n

(And SCENE<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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