1) How exactly have I been stating things as fact as opposed to opinion? How exactly have you not been doing the same thing by whatever your definition is? For example, when you're throwing out ad hominem insults, am I meant to take them as statements of fact or as just your opinion?
2) I think responding with "you're as bad as the worst politician" to an argument you don't actually have a counterargument for is really funny (particularly when it's one that, actually, even I can admit there are some pretty good counterarguments for), and I'll be using that in future.
3) I've not said it isn't intended as humour, I've just said that I think it's so lazy that "it's meant to be funny" doesn't actually justify the offensiveness. However, even if your interpretation was correct, that's not me arguing he shouldn't be allowed to perform.
If I'm aggressive it's because you're being dismissive and condescending by acting as if you're the arbiter of comedy because you've performed at a club.
The fact I've performed at comedy clubs actually hasn't factored into the discussion of whether CK's content was funny at all. I only brought it up when the subject of the discussion was specifically on the nature of performing at comedy clubs. I do not believe it's condescending to do that - if you had some knowledge of an area I did not, I would not feel it was condescending of you to talk about it - and it in no way justifies the aggressiveness you've brought to this separate discussion.
iMURDAu wrote:You've also put words in my mouth quite a few times which is why I'm quite close to blocking your posts from view. I never said "reactionary idiots" and I don't see how me not being ready to see Louis CK perform is puritan at all.
You did use the term reactionary, and you've been more than aggressive enough about people you see as reactionary that adding a more explicit insult is pretty much paraphrasing. What I said about being puritan was actually that you expressed views on Louis CK making a comeback that were more puritan (as a synonym for hardline) than my own.
iMURDAu wrote:So you're trolling me? I defended his right to speak. The only controversy is that he's performing. Like I originally said, god forbid a comedian tell jokes on stage at a comedy club. Then you decided to troll me. Okay. I see where we're at.
I'm not trolling you. You were not defending his right to speak, because I was never challenging it. You specifically kicked off because I said I thought his set wasn't funny, and that's what you appear to have been defending this entire time. At this point it's apparent, given that you don't apparently find the set that funny and I'm not calling for his right to speak to be taken away, that you're only continuing to argue because you're convinced I've done something to upset you.