The Better Part Of Valour
May. 18th, 2022 08:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphilo Political insults are like artillery rounds. You lob one at your neighbour and you're going to get the same thing back. What you're not going to do is bring them round to your way of thinking.
Which is the more plausible response?
A."You just called the leader I trust a corrupt old fart so clearly your leader has better policies and I'm going to apply to join your party tout de suite..."
Or
B. "That shell which demolished our trench and obliterated half my mates has convinced me your Kaiser has right on his side so this afternoon I plan to stroll across No Man's Land and ask your kapitan if I can exchange my flat tin hat for a pickelgraube."
I had the opportunity to get into a political word fight this morning- and perhaps I provoked it just a little bit- because flirting with danger is fun- but now I've stepped away- and if trouble comes after me I'll step away some more.
Which is the more plausible response?
A."You just called the leader I trust a corrupt old fart so clearly your leader has better policies and I'm going to apply to join your party tout de suite..."
Or
B. "That shell which demolished our trench and obliterated half my mates has convinced me your Kaiser has right on his side so this afternoon I plan to stroll across No Man's Land and ask your kapitan if I can exchange my flat tin hat for a pickelgraube."
I had the opportunity to get into a political word fight this morning- and perhaps I provoked it just a little bit- because flirting with danger is fun- but now I've stepped away- and if trouble comes after me I'll step away some more.
