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As before, this is not news, but this is a particularly egregious example in a very long list of examples.
Once again, I'm just going to steal this from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rabbitucker since he explains things a lot more clearly than I probably would have. (My version likely would have been a whole lot more long-winded and ranty, I'm sure.) I mean, the simple fact that even her own Faux Noise cronies are calling her out on this speaks for itself, as does the fact that she is asininely digging in her heels over this.
But regarding Mr. Tucker's last point, concerning the morons trying to edit Wikipedia... well, on the one hand I'd like to say that Thomas Jefferson said it best: "In the fevered state of our country, no good can ever result from any attempt to set one of these fiery zealots to rights, either in fact or principle. They are determined as to the facts they will believe, and the opinions on which they will act. Get by them, therefore, as you would by an angry bull; it is not for a man of sense to dispute the road with such an animal." (Emphasis mine, because it is especially relevant to this particular situation.) On the other hand, however, he didn't live in the current age, when it is so relatively easy to rewrite history like this, or at least make the attempt (and I'm not just talking about simple vandalizing of Wikipedia here). So, no, while I wish we could live by Mr. Jefferson's advice, I don't think we safely can. I don't think it's wise to simply ignore idiots like this and give them the "right-of-way," so to speak, even if one is in danger of being gored or trampled in the attempt to turn the angry bull aside.
Once again, I'm just going to steal this from
rabbitucker since he explains things a lot more clearly than I probably would have. (My version likely would have been a whole lot more long-winded and ranty, I'm sure.) I mean, the simple fact that even her own Faux Noise cronies are calling her out on this speaks for itself, as does the fact that she is asininely digging in her heels over this.But regarding Mr. Tucker's last point, concerning the morons trying to edit Wikipedia... well, on the one hand I'd like to say that Thomas Jefferson said it best: "In the fevered state of our country, no good can ever result from any attempt to set one of these fiery zealots to rights, either in fact or principle. They are determined as to the facts they will believe, and the opinions on which they will act. Get by them, therefore, as you would by an angry bull; it is not for a man of sense to dispute the road with such an animal." (Emphasis mine, because it is especially relevant to this particular situation.) On the other hand, however, he didn't live in the current age, when it is so relatively easy to rewrite history like this, or at least make the attempt (and I'm not just talking about simple vandalizing of Wikipedia here). So, no, while I wish we could live by Mr. Jefferson's advice, I don't think we safely can. I don't think it's wise to simply ignore idiots like this and give them the "right-of-way," so to speak, even if one is in danger of being gored or trampled in the attempt to turn the angry bull aside.
