AKMA’s Random Thoughts

Stand Down

The first blast of dust may be clearing, and everyone may still be standing, but when there are death threats, plots for hooliganism, mayhem and miscellaneous intemperate gender-bashing and name-calling (not from Jeremy, I hasten to add), it’s premature to talk about peace. The consuming heat of a flame war scorches out nuanced distinctions about who started what, whose charges stick better, whose accusations are firmly-grounded characterizations, and whose are out-of-line libels. That doesn’t mean such distinctions don’t exist — just that it’s a fool’s errand to try to make a case for them, standing between aggrieved, rhetorically-armed combatants.