I am not accusing you of being bad, or wrong, I assume you are honestly speaking here, or trying to. But, you are annoying.
Why do you quote my exact words and then say "in your exact words" ... it is like you are emphasizing you are really mad or feel like blasting me. What for. Is off the rails too strong? Maybe misguided. Why mention Letitia James at all? I meant that your logic seemed to point somewhere else, a tacit request for clarification.
Sheesh, you are off the rails to so upset over something you parsed in a weird way or maybe I wrote in a confusing way, I could have phrased that better, the "in" should have been "as", because it sounded to me like you were proposing Letitia James as US AG.
You could have gotten that from the context of the next sentence and corrected me, or questioned me about it.
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user111 (358)
4 years ago
Saying "off the rails" sounded very provocative to me, that's why I quoted it. Is it wrong to quote you verbatim when that's what you said? Are you really now accusing me of being "off the rails" for quoting you for accusing me of being "off the rails". Seriously?
You ask why bring up James at all. I brought her up because she is NY State AG and is best positioned to successfully hold Trump to account. Was this implication confusing to you? Based on your question I have to assume yes. I'm sorry you found this confusing. I thought it was something you would understand implicitly when I brought her up because you appeared to me to be well informed about these things. But I realize now I should have more clearly spelled out that as New York AG, she would be best positioned to hold Trump to account for state, not federal, level crimes. As far as I know, James is not being considered for US AG.
But yes, reading back I now see how you misread what I said and thought I was suggesting James as US AG when I was not. I'm sorry for the miscommunication and hope we can put this behind us.
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brux (14840)
4 years ago
> Is it wrong to quote you verbatim when that's what you said?
Twice is too emotional and redundant.
> because she is NY State AG and is best positioned to successfully hold Trump to account.
But in NY, and she cannot be in two places at once.
I did not find it confusing I found it ambiguous, which I thought you would read in the context of what I replied. I think we agree so I don't need the need to get, what people I do not like call triggered.
I've been following politics since the 1980's, so I do know a little, but still I try to spell out what I mean and not take other people's information level for granted. ??? what is the acronym people use for Explain Like To A 5th grader or 5 year old ELI5 ?
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user111 (358)
4 years ago
"Twice is too emotional and redundant."
You're right. The repetition was actually passive aggressive on my part and my way indicating annoyance that I wasn't fully cognizant of at the time. This is true.
I should have omitted "your exact words".
And yes, I should have clearly explained why I brought up James instead of just assuming you'd know why. I have a habit of doing that when conversing with people I think are on the same wavelength. I'll do my best in the future to ELI5 hopefully without sounding condescending. Instead of immediately assuming bad intentions when you denied what you appeared to be saying I should have made a greater effort to go back and understand why. 🤔 Sorry.
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brux (14840)
4 years ago
No worries ... appreciate that. Now I am off to watch the new season of The Expanse on Amazon Prime ... out a day earlier that they announced. Yipppeeee!
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