“Now if I’m such a failure why are you so upset by what I think?”

Again, if you have an introductory adverb clause, you must use a comma following the clause (for example, see the sentence I just formed).

“I guess that makes me a loser while the anonymous troll clerking at a law firm is who should truly aspire to be.”

You left out an I…. “is who I should truly aspire to be.” C’mon, Wesleyan.

You say my “friends and myself” are threatening you or Joe Friday. Funny, because I never did so. State facts please. You claim you don’t care what anyone is saying; however, you feel the need to defend yourself against EVERY person who’s commented against you. So yes, you do care.

I’d be more than happy to tell you my name, but I would rather not hurt any of my classmate’s feelings by not saying “OMG I KNOW SHE DIDN’T DO IT! SHE NEVER WOULD!” etc. It’s a possibility no matter how “sweet” any person is.

Your comment about why respect others: “Because you and your friends were so respectful of Joe Friday? I assume you’re in your early 20s since you have that odd sense of entitlement that people in that generation have. Are you really claiming I should respect people who don’t respect me? Why would I do that?”

-You say you come from an older generation. Not once have I meant any disrespect to you (I was raised with manners which I try to truly mean at all times with anyone, especially elders). I was simply trying to get you to see that if you handled yourself in an appropriate, mature manner as well as sticking to just stating facts as opposed to sorry cut-downs (which I’m sure you think are funny… must be the age gap again), then MAYBE people might respect what you have to say. Yes, someone attacked YOUR FRIEND. You attacked my classmate, but you don’t see me stooping to that level and attacking you for that. I just know that I would be embarrassed saying the things that you do (as well as other rude comments from others). Opinions and facts are actually listened to and taken in (more chance of it at least) when they’re delivered in a fashion that is worthy of respect.

Lastly, you cut down everyone else on here – you spend hours writing and coming up with sarcastic comebacks. You say you can’t let anyone disrespect you without voicing your opinion – but why not be the bigger person, know in your mind that you’re right, and simply let people state their opinions as well. You are arguing with several 23 year olds… how immature does that make you look? I can tell you most 23 year olds don’t have the years of experience and/or the maturity to rise above it while you have at least several years on them. Again, you’re arguing with anonymous 23 year olds. Why would you want to spend your time doing so? You can answer that question (as I know you will – a huge, long, sarcastic blog) – but really. Go decorate your house for Christmas, do some actual work, or go shopping for your wife. I’m sure she’d appreciate that more than knowing you are bantering back and forth with young adults. Let them or anyone feel entitled. I don’t – I just think you’d have A LOT MORE LUCK if you delivered yourself in a more professional way, especially since you said this is part of your job/jobs.

This is the first time I’ve been called a fundamentalist though so at least I got a good laugh out of it. I guess I’m now the web’s only fundamentalist pagan.

I almost forgot about that MySpace account. But “Hardcore Schoolgirl” Tara Bush was at one time a great Indy circuit wrestler who was until recently an Internet model and I’m proud of the promotional work we did together which was indeed lucrative. Again I’m not sure why you think the fact that I blogged on sites that covered wrestling, models etc would be embarrassing. Is it because the mildly risqué material sets immature people like yourself into fits of giggling or are you just given to finger waggery and profoundly disturbed by my promotion of a model who never appeared nude?

Either way this is simply an ad hominem argument that only proves you have a problem with Bi-racial people, republicans or pagans. None of this has anything at all to do with the post above.

I also notice you edit your original threat, as if we can’t see it above. You said “I pray that justice is served to the man she has accused and to self-righteous “reporters” like you.” which implies that Joe Friday was going to get some sort of “justice” that, since she hasn’t been pinched by the police, would be coming from elsewhere. But way to have a spine.

I’m sorry sarcasm and humor is above you. Next time I describe my occupation I’ll say “web content developer” so as not to confuse people.

Now if I’m such a failure why are you so upset by what I think? Hmmm. Why, if I’m so unimportant, are you putting all this effort into me? That’s a question I’ll let readers ponder.

You can never use the term perfidy too much by the way. As for elitist – are you really saying that nothing you wrote doesn’t reek of White privilege and elitism? Come now.

I thought I was talking with an intelligent human being, not a fundamentalist cartoon character. Rob, were all of these death threats as scary as “I pray that justice is served?” Because that is not a death threat, so don’t go padding your stats, son.

You’re a clown and you don’t deserve the respect I was trying to give you. If anyone wants to see this joker’s myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/hellfireblogs. The guy is a quack who gets off on pissing other people off.

One of his friends on myspace is “hardcore school girl”. And that big fancy book learnin’ at Wesleyan got his occupation status all the way to “Occupation: Poverty Stricken Blogger”. Sounds like you’re really content with that job, you know, with all the time you get to spend with your family.

Have fun wearing sweatpants in your trailer while you annoy people doing better than yourself. Oh and you use the words “elitist”, “sanctimony”, and “perfidy” way too much in your articles. If that Master’s is in English, you are a failure. But look in the mirror, I’m sure you can see that for yourself.

You are perhaps trying defaming me by claiming I used the term “twink from Twilight” when I didn’t but even that isn’t defamatory, just evidence of how you skim comments rather than read them before forming an opinion.

I notice you haven’t asked the people (or shall we say sock puppets) who have made death threats to show any maturity. I’d say you’re a hypocrite but then you’d ramble out something incomprehensible about thesaurus use again.

Why my dear troll are you asking me for evidence of your friend’s guilt? Why not the cops who charged her? Why not the newspapers from whence the story comes? This is a straw man. What you are requesting is that your “friends” be allowed to threaten my co-blogger anonymously (I left out the thinly veiled part since it bothers you for a reason that is unclear) without response. I ask you again why?

Why are you demanding the respect you will not sow to Joe Friday? Why do you think you deserve respect from someone you have insulted? Who are you to be treated better than you and your friends treat Joe Friday?

Your version of “serving the community” is for the writers on my blog to serve as punching bags for your friends and the comments to be used to smear the police as liars. This is what is sophomoric. The police don’t believe, after an investigation, that Isbell went through anything but taxpayer money. If you have some proof of their wrong doing you could have presented it. Instead you and your supposed friends have wished death on us because we’re the only site willing to give you a platform.

Yet even then it’s not enough because like a spoiled child you’re upset that we dare respond to you with the same level of respect the first comment (an Isbell supporter) on this post displayed.

We give you more than due process. We give you the freedom to present yourself to readers as you are. We will not edit these comments or take them down. That’s the best service to the community there is. People can see exactly who you are and what kind of people Isbell is surrounded by.

You are not special. You and your friends are not more entitled to respect than Joe Friday. Maybe your parents and teachers and the barista at Starbucks will tolerate your elitism and self-involvement but I will not. This is what truly bothers you but it is actually doing you a favor. I’m treating you the same way you treat others, and once you’re not a “fun” and interesting young person this is how everyone will treat you when you’re acting like this. If you want polite discourse you must be polite. If you want respect you must earn it. That’s the truth and the people in your life that do not hold you to that standard are the ones who are really hurting you.

A)You say “I’m not going to stoop low to your “princess” comments and again you’re lack of respect and derogatory demeanor.”

Well perhaps you can stoop high to my comment. You also mean “your” and I’m not sure you really know what derogatory means. I am sure that you missed my point. Why should I respect people who came here and threatened my co-worker while mounting a defense of someone the police have publicly stated filed false rape reports?

Did “concerned” respect Joe Friday when he lodged that threat?

B)”The only point I was attempting to make with you was that yes, have your opinion, but don’t be such a prick. ”

Why? Should I grovel to people who have an unwarranted sense of superiority to me due to their “White privilege” as the kids say these days? Seems a bit racist.

C)”Her friends will stand by her and help her work through whatever reason she falsely reported a man of these charges (IF she is guilty). Sweet or not, she’s human. All of us are going to sin and make mistakes for whatever reason.”

And here we truly disagree. Making a false rape charge isn’t a mistake and I reserve judgment on whether it is a “sin” but instead it is the end result of a person who has unlimited support even when she’s wrong. You’re (as in you are) part of her problem if you minimize her criminality by claiming she’s “just made a mistake” but she’s too sweet to suffer the consequences of her actions. If she’s found guilty I would hope rather than stroking here you’d allow her to hit her rock bottom and decide to change.

Again I ask if the cops had picked up a guy for her rape what would your “sweet” friend have done? What if an innocent man went to prison, or just spent the rest of his like being suspected of a rape in a small city? Would you be supporting him?

D)”Definitely agree with RobTaylorCanSuckIt that if you did so well on the SAT when it was an actual judge of your intelligence (rather than being dumbed down for the rest of us), why the hell are you a blogger?”

The SATs were always lacking and never were meant to measure intelligence (and they barely measure knowledge) but to answer your question I started blogging while getting my Masters, liked it and am happy to do it because I get to work at home with my wife. Maybe this is odd to you but I like spending time with my family and blogs give me the free time to do that.

Oh, but you didn’t really want an answer did you? Just a desperate attempt to make me feel bad as if what some emo-twinks who can’t be bothered to sign a comment with their real name think of me would matter. I’ll cry into my wife’s bosom tonight surely knowing that you don’t respect my line of work.

E) “WHO SITS ON THE GREENVILLE DRAGNET NEWS SITE FOR FUN AND MAKES AN ASS OUT OF HIMSELF?”

Is it the angry troll typing out insults in all caps?

F) No way am I disagreeing with you – I simply said in the end, where does being an arrogant asshole get you? NO WHERE. IT’S A BLOG READ BY A FEW PPL.”

So why do you care? Though I should point out in the less two months of existence we have already ranked higher in searches than some of the local news websites and our traffic pattern shows a sustainable growth putting us on target for 30,000-60,000 unique views a month by the end of the next fiscal quarter. I mention this just in case you or any of your friends who work for law firms (like Chappell, Smith and Arden) would like to advertise with us.

G)”Just state your facts and opinions like a grown, mature man/woman. You can argue valid points and still do it respectfully and maturely.”

Why? Because you and your friends were so respectful of Joe Friday? I assume you’re in your early 20s since you have that odd sense of entitlement that people in that generation have. Are you really claiming I should respect people who don’t respect me? Why would I do that? Why would a person who comes here to make a thinly veiled death threat against a friend of mine be treated with anything but disrespect by me? This is where you lose me. I am not a serf, I am not a slave. I will not disrespect myself by “respecting” people who insult or threaten me or my friends.

I notice you all studiously avoid the threatening tone of “concerned” above. Maybe your lawyer friends can explain the legalities of communicating threats online to you while they go over due process.

And finally darlin’ if you think I’m too repetitive either get what I’m saying through your thick head or play with someone else. But are you admitting, as you seem to be, that my last six responses are all to the exact same person moving from place to place to make it look like your friend is just smothered with love?