Hey, my monthly political hobbyhorse is recurring!

March 30, 2006 3:47 PM

Axegrindfilter.

"Hey, my monthly political hobbyhorse is recurring! C'mon guys, it's important!"

If we have to play with the "party" as metaphor, I throw the relentless proslytizers out before I bother with folks who call each other bad names.
posted by klangklangston to etiquette/policy at 3:47 PM (13 comments total)

Fuck the proselytizers.
posted by Ryvar at 3:49 PM on March 30, 2006

Yeah, I shoulda spell-checked.
posted by klangklangston at 3:55 PM on March 30, 2006

I'm with klangklangston. I can't decide if it's that posts haven't been deleted as much lately, or if I've just been more cranky, but it seems like things that are only meant to grind axes have been sticking around.
posted by drezdn at 4:08 PM on March 30, 2006

I rode a bike the other day and it was everything I thought it would be, and more.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:19 PM on March 30, 2006

I have no objection to the post in question.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:22 PM on March 30, 2006

I'm willing to talk about cycling almost any time but we're never gonna get anywhere with this issue. As much as it pains me to do this, I must agree with klangston.
posted by fixedgear at 4:22 PM on March 30, 2006

You say black I say white
You say bark I say bite
You say shark I say hey man
Jaws was never my scene
And I don't like Star Wars
You say Rolls I say Royce
You say God give me a choice
You say Lord I say Christ
I don't believe in Peter Pan
Frankenstein or Superman
All I wanna do is

Bicycle bicycle bicycle
posted by brain_drain at 4:24 PM on March 30, 2006

I'm sick of damn bicycles thinking they rule the roads. Who wants to join my "critical mass for pedestrians" movement?
posted by Jimbob at 4:28 PM on March 30, 2006

I want to ride my bicyle, I want to ride my bike.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 4:30 PM on March 30, 2006

The first time I saw the cohesive 'basically aligned in our values' culture of Mefi fracture apart was in a Critical Mass thread, years ago. I know that some topics cause a lot of internecine warfare among the American/British/etc. left (eg. feminism), but, bicycles?
posted by Firas at 4:40 PM on March 30, 2006

It's not "bicycles," it's people who think they're special becuase they own/operate bicycles.
posted by rxrfrx at 4:42 PM on March 30, 2006

It's not "bicycles," cars, it's people who think they're special becuase they own/operate bicycles cars.
posted by fixedgear at 4:51 PM on March 30, 2006

Oops, I thought I deleted this earlier today. It's gone now.
posted by mathowie at 4:55 PM on March 30, 2006