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From: Skeeterweed@proton.me

In article , rc.@hendrie.con says...
>
> I'm pretty sure Hartung has said he's been in Usenet since about 1995. That
> means he has been trolling for well over 1/3 of his total life (he's 69 or
so),
> and for well over 1/2 of his adult life.
>
> Hartung is a troll. He implicitly admits it. He has *explicitly* admitted
that
> he knows no opponent here gives his opinions any weight. He says he derives
"an
> enjoyment of sharing ideas," but why is he interested in sharing ideas with
> people who think his ideas are stupid and bad, and who he claims not to be
> trying to persuade? What he really is trying to do is antagonize and provoke,
> i.e. trolling.
>
> Hartung claims to be a Christian. He is not a Christian. Antagonistic
> provocation is not a Christian thing to do. No matter what Hartung says, the
> part of Christ's teaching about loving one's fellow man is the important
part,
> and antagonistic provocation is not loving one's fellow man. Even if Hartung
> were right (he isn't) about the importance of the salvation bullshit
("gettin'
> raht wif th' Lawwrd"), there is no denying that the love-thy-neighbor part is
> important, and Hartung *completely* disregards it. That means he's not a
Christian.
>
> Hartung is 69 years old, and has been desultorily fucking around trying to
get a
> university degree for decades. If he had spent even 20% of his trolling time
> more diligently pursuing a degree, he could have obtained a couple of them
by now.
>
> Exactly how have these 29 years of antagonistic provocation helped Hartung to
> become a better Lutheran minister? What has it contributed to his community?
> Does Hartung seriously think members of his church would be pleased to know
how
> he spends his time here? Oh, sure, a large majority of them probably agree
with
> Hartung's benighted and toxic political and social beliefs, but it's one
thing
> to hold those beliefs, and quite another to support inflicting them on
> others...and with *no* good-faith expectation of persuading the others that
the
> beliefs are good.
>
> Hartung has no capacity for self-reflection ? no ability to examine his life
and
> actions critically and honestly, and ask if they have been well spent. They
have
> not been well spent.
>
> Hartung is not a good person. Sanctimonious hypocrites never are.

Look what he has you doing. It's funny he can own you like Trump does.

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