I had assumed that your saying, "And saying, oh, boo you, what the hell is that going to accomplish? to them reminds me of military generals telling student protesters, "why don't you do something constructive instead of just yelling at us, huh? why don't you try to help instead of making it worse, wink wink nudge nudge?"" was meant as a characterization of my opinion, which I objected to. If you have respect for me, then why do I remind you of military generals? I shouldn't have responded to your anger by taking offense, and for that I am sorry, but really, I think we are both guilty of doing that in this conversation.
In what followed after "if I wanted to be a bitch," I was trying, obviously stupidly, to say that your attack on me was unwarranted and that in fact I would be a "bitch" if I accused you of what you had just accused me of. In that sense, I guess yes, it is an insult--I was saying your attacking me was unwarranted and 'bitchy' in a very indirect and cowardly manner. However, I was not saying that you yourself were guilty of what you had attacked me of, and I'm sorry that it looked that way.
I have respect for you in general, and it is not the prestige of "Great and Important People" that I'm concerned with (personally, I'm more concerned with their actual arguments, but it's true that I read more about "how the representation of social reality is constructed" than "how to change the representation of social reality", though I think the two projects can and should coexist and inform one another). I have respect for your opinions, and I enjoy arguing with you even when we disagree, but I am insulted/saddened by what seemed to me to be righteous anger and indignation against me. I see no reason for "namedropping" to be insulting. I think I am not the only one to phrase some sentences in an insulting manner, though I'm sorry for what I've done to contribute to that. I'm not trying to talk down to you, and if you feel like it, I can only imagine it's because I am staying calm and you are not. Or because I think I'm right? But this is true of any opinion I hold and doesn't mean that you don't have equal basis to make an argument against it. I would simply prefer actual argument to anger and accusations.
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In what followed after "if I wanted to be a bitch," I was trying, obviously stupidly, to say that your attack on me was unwarranted and that in fact I would be a "bitch" if I accused you of what you had just accused me of. In that sense, I guess yes, it is an insult--I was saying your attacking me was unwarranted and 'bitchy' in a very indirect and cowardly manner. However, I was not saying that you yourself were guilty of what you had attacked me of, and I'm sorry that it looked that way.
I have respect for you in general, and it is not the prestige of "Great and Important People" that I'm concerned with (personally, I'm more concerned with their actual arguments, but it's true that I read more about "how the representation of social reality is constructed" than "how to change the representation of social reality", though I think the two projects can and should coexist and inform one another). I have respect for your opinions, and I enjoy arguing with you even when we disagree, but I am insulted/saddened by what seemed to me to be righteous anger and indignation against me. I see no reason for "namedropping" to be insulting. I think I am not the only one to phrase some sentences in an insulting manner, though I'm sorry for what I've done to contribute to that. I'm not trying to talk down to you, and if you feel like it, I can only imagine it's because I am staying calm and you are not. Or because I think I'm right? But this is true of any opinion I hold and doesn't mean that you don't have equal basis to make an argument against it. I would simply prefer actual argument to anger and accusations.