I've been called two kinds of fascist of late.
Beer Fascist (altho' that blog's had an outbreak of revisionism, and it's now referred to as "Beer Dogma") for something I said
here. And "
Word Fascist".
For the record, I'm neither. And I really don't like being called any such thing. For a start it's terribly ill-mannered, it's also an appalling misuse of a word that thinking people would reserve for, well, actual Fascists. It seems that there's a surprisingly common conception among these beer bloggers that daring to disagree with them is something only a fascist would do.
[update, that'll be
sticks, of course. I'm wearing the wrong glasses]
Since
Alan McLeod has chosen to delete my comment, I emailed him, and bless him, he replied.
As one beer fan to another, and while I appreciate that your post is not about word fascism, as a matter of common courtesy, I'd be grateful I'f you'd either remove the allegation that I'm any kind of fascist, or allow me to reply.
Cheers,
Jon K
Alan McLeod beerblog@gmail.com
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You
are rather pushy today, Jon. Courtesy is not a word I would associate
with your comments and, frankly, I really don't care all that much given
your goings on. I will do two things, however, I will make it a
footnote and change it to fascism. But I am not interested in more of
the telling others what to write or think so if you would not engage
further I would appreciate it.
True to his word, he's removed the offensive characterisation to a footnote. Hardly satisfying, but I'm not sure I expected anything more.
I'm really not sure what Alan means by "
goings on"
Has anyone any idea? It sounds very sinister doesn't it? What's this "
telling others what to write or think" thing? When did I do that?
