Apologist
“a person who defends, in speech or writing, a faith, doctrine, idea, or action.”
Hardly a pejorative term, although widely used here as such.
Pull your socks up, you lily-livered, foul-mouthed, big girls blouses of an excuse for bloggers. In my humble opinion, and I could be wrong of course, we are here to discuss, amuse, entertain; not convert anyone our own dogmatic outlook on life.
We should be entitled to defend our own naturally IGNORANT viewpoint without recourse to petty spite, hiding our blogs from public view or hysterical cries of “GET OFF MY BLOG, YOU STUPID MORON!
Sorry, bit carried away there, but I trust you will “take this on board”, and “give it your careful consideration” before you just carry on with the flame wars, character assassinations and the like. I can’t force you, of course you must feel free to do as you please. The amusement value of some of these comments sometimes outweighs the boredom factor.
PS: Some adjustment of irony meters may be required and if you think this is patronising then grow a thicker skin, Precious Ones!
Comments:
Bubbles said on…
Apologia-or thinly disguised rant!
Oh puleeeeese not another blog about blogging !!! Maybe one day you will actually have something ‘interesting’ to say.
Christina Osborne on Badger’s blog “Where has Araminta’s blog gone”
I have absolutely no idea what it was supposed to be about, being in a different time zone a lot of the arguments get lost on me. It merely struck me as offensive and aggressive in tone and bound to cause contention. I certainly did not report it but the result is hardly surprising.
I’m afraid I didn’t have to time to copy any more but it did get worse 
Bilby
Araminta
Coo! Powerful stuff!
Who wrote this? Not you, surely?
Go Minty! Go! Go!! Go!!!
I’m ashamed to say it was, Bearsy. I published it on MyT earlier this evening and oh, the shame of it: MODERATED! What a wicked Mouse
Irony meters, you’ll be pleased to know that I found mine! It actually wasn’t lost at all, just hiding
I did manage to save a couple of the outraged comments, which I will add to this if you are interested
Hello Souts: I really don’t do this very often, but it is my annual rant, and it really wasn’t intended to be totally serious.
Wow!
I wish I’d been there to see it.
Yes please do add the “outraged comments”, I’d love to see them.
Watch this space, Bearsy. I’ll add them tomorrow. The rest of the thread was quite civilised.
PS: I’m not doing a CB here, you understand
I reckon “doing a CB” should become a regular expression – it carries such a wealth of meaning.
Did you see the comments from “Kate” and “Shane”?
Worthy of Ferret or The Bulletin at his best.
Catch you tomorrow.
Just updated the blog with the comments. Only ones I managed to catch. I missed the best one from a very irate Bubbles unfortunately, who oddly imagined it was directed at Elle.
I saw the “Kate” comment but haven’t been back since.
Many thanks!
Wow!! Excellent. I saw a comment on Badger’s blog “Where has Araminta’s blog gone”, clicked on it, only to find that Badger had, yet again, been deleted… it’s pathetic.
Hello Boadicea: thank you. Yes the whole thing disappeared quite quickly. CO led with the first comment; something to the effect that my blog would have been better suited posted to my friends network only
I responded with “friends only” blogging was for wimps and people who couldn’t cope with dissent.
Both she and Bubbles then continued to express their disapproval on Badger’s blog. Pity it all vanished
Since my blog has died a death, I thought I’d add a comment to yours!
Hello: well it’s quieter here, I haven’t had a post moderated on MyT for ages, but then I’ve avoided the possibility by posting on “Definitely not MyT”, instead.
How very amusing, scuttling between blogsites, C&Pasting comments, gossiping, well well, no surprise here at all.
Just another one of your own rules broken Mouse. LoL!!
1] Switching blogs from public
2] Closed site
3] Copying comments to another site
4] Gossiping… always denies by you.
All things you have lambasted others for.
Hello Katie: how nice of you to call in. This page is open and the first comment is always held for moderation (WordPress rules, not mine) : I have released yours. The rest of your comment is your own opinion, and quite unjustified, but you are entitled to hold it, and express it here.
Thank you for your comment. Do call back any time
By the way, Katie: should you call back, maybe you could explain this comment by you earlier on another site:
February 22, 2010 at 9:42 am | #23 Quote
Well no one can say I didn’t try.
Nothing is different here, MyT lives !
At best over there one does not get ticked off by a sneak who not only reads deleted comments but also publishes them…..
I do not post to read vulgar comments, Ferret’s speciality, I know of a few who will not join this site ‘because ‘ of his presence here.
Nor do I blog to have Araminta’s constantly sneering,sarcastic, patronising comments, [ at least her sister didn't show up too ] her pages page shows her in her true light as I found last night…..
I do not like either, they so love to encircle just like piranas, they deserve each other. This incident would never have occurred had it not been for the two of them continuing ‘their’ old grudges. Really they both need to grow up & move on.
I give this site the same prognosis as reloaded. A short life.
The Club by contrast, has been going for two years & we moved to WordPress to celebrate that achievement at the beginning of this month.
This is not a flounce but the end of an experiment.
Thanks to all who commented on topic, on my post, without sneering & vulgarity, I enjoyed reading your views.
Please answer me one question; now, the last comment on your now deleted post was thus:
Araminta
February 21, 2010 at 8:59 pm | #57 Quote
You could actually turn this round, Katie. Your choice, but how long do your grudges last?
Now just who do you think is carrying on this ridiculous feud? Who exactly needs to move on?
Rather a long ay behind again, but what is doing a CB please?
Hello there, Isobel. CB is Sciencebod from MyT. He has his own website and is writing a long and involved history of his experiences on MyT. He was there from the beginning, apparently.
Thanks Araminta. Glad to see i’ve been approved.
I may look him up. But not tonight. Must get to bed.
Sweet dreams.
Night Isobel, sleep tight. x
Hello. Just looking….
‘I have absolutely no idea what it was supposed to be about, being in a different time zone a lot of the arguments get lost on me. It merely struck me as offensive and aggressive in tone and bound to cause contention. I certainly did not report it but the result is hardly surprising.’
I am equally surprised that you find this worthy of citation and that you actually kept this blog for posterity here.
Hi Nym: thanks for calling in.
Evening Tina: I didn’t find your comment particularly worthy of citation. I only managed to catch yours and Katie’s before the post was moderated.
This was posted over a month ago at the request of some who had missed it, and so duly posted here.
Had Badger’s post not disappeared shortly thereafter, I would have replied to your comment.
I didn’t think for one moment you had reported it; I very much doubt you would be so precious as to take it personally.
Some did though, obviously.
Come on Araminta, put up a new post.
Good idea, Isobel, but this site was originally just for this one post which disappeared from MyT. I haven’t had any more posts moderated yet, but that’s probably because I haven’t posted any
Cunning ploy.
Perhaps I should branch out! I’m too busy thinking up posts for DNMT, and fitting in real life, but I could import some of my older posts from MyT, I suppose.
I think Bearsy’s is more the chummy-we-know-each-other-pretty-well, while our own pages are paddling out to the middle of the lake.
Mixed imagery but I guess you’ll get my drift.
That doesn’t mean I don’t want you and the others not to visit my page. I do!
“Any further comments on the subject on this post will be deleted. As far as I am concerned the subject is closed. If anyone wishes to continue they may do so on their own post.”
Don’t you think you should have finished with : End ?
I don’t think I’ve ever laughed AT anyone so much since I started blogging…… absolutely hilarious !
I think the word you use is PRECIOUS .
You will have to stop posturing & sneering at myself & others now as you have broken so many of your self imposed rules.
LoL!!
1] Switching blogs from public
2] Closed site
3] Copying comments to another site
4] Gossiping… always denies by you.
5] Closing comments
6] Shouting ‘ Rubbish’ at a fellow member [ Not polite ]
7]Demanding deletion of comments.
8]Stamping a foot when request was refused. So very precious.
Things you have lambasted others for.
PS,
I hope you don’t force Bearsy to close the site, it’s far too entertaining for the silent membership !
Hahahahahahahahha Add ‘Moderation’ to that list, really I’m laughing sooooooooooooooooooo loudly now !!!
PRECIOUS INDEED
Morning Katie: Lovely to see you here as always. Your first comment was held for moderation but I have now released it.
You really don’t seem to have quite grasped this WordPress concept do you? Different rules apply, my dear. Similarly, I am also in control on my own posts on DNMT, subject to site rules and those of WordPress. I trust you understand now.
The name of the site administered by Bearsy should give you a tiny clue. Definitely Not MyT. It’s a great pity in my opinion you chose to throw yet another hissy fit, stormed off and are now subsequently barred. You could have learnt a great deal.
I shall return later when I have time to comment further on your somewhat hysterical communication, or then again, I may not.
Just a word of warning, this is my site, and my rules apply. You are more than welcome to comment, but bear in mind that hysteria is to be avoided and my tolerance of ill-mannered abusive communications is zero as far as you are concerned. So, mind your manners!
” You could have learnt a great deal. ”
Oh dear oh dear a verbose response, I must have hit a weak spot!.
I have indeed learnt a lot, I have learnt that others are now seeing the you……… I saw a year ago.
That being someone who can say in emails, ‘ I support you, but can’t be seen to do so on MyT’ !
Then lie about her emailed name.
Someone, who did her level best to close down Refugees.
Someone who was trusted to be a Manager BUT.
Someone who tried to sneak in a new member late at night against their rules.
Someone who has never had the guts to nail her colours to the mast…… someone who……. in short…. is a fake !
I do wish to thank-you for excellent entertainment over the last couple of days, hissy fits included…..LOL !!! END.
Maybe you should learn too, that I do not need to be a member to access the site.
PS,
OK, Different rules allows me to say all this here, something I’ve waited at least a year to say it.
Ah, so moderation has now been switched off, sorry if I caught you out earlier.
Makes me wonder who’s comments you were moderating. END !
Katie: no, moderation has not been switched off, it was never switched on! I was surprised certainly, but only because usually the first comment is held for moderation, and you have vented here before!
I’m amazed at your ignorance, you administer your own WordPress site, so you should perhaps visit the help pages; they are actually very useful and informative, especially for those who are non-technical
Of course you not have to be a member to access this site or DNMT it is an open site, unlike your rather nasty little gossip shop!
I will say it one more time, Katie, if you continue to spam my site with this sort of hysterical and abusive nonsense, you will be banned from commenting. You will be the first, and I must admit that it will give me a certain mischievous delight.
You can of course, I presume, learn how to communicate in a civilised fashion, in which case you may continue this dialogue with me here. Your choice!
I have to go out shortly Katie, so I am moderating YOUR comments here, so there will be a delay before they appear. This could be quite lengthy if you choose to carry on in this manner!
Katie and others: I do not intend to answer or refute your nonsense point by point. It is worth remembering that a dignified silence does not imply guilt.
Your view on matters is slanted, biased and untrue, but strangely, I actually think you really believe your own version of events, you and friends have peddled it so many times on MyT. Even if your version has any validity, save in your own mind, it hardly warrants such aggressive behaviour.
May I point out, that I have not spread rumours about you or your odious little clique, neither have I threatened to reveal personal details, location, names or so forth. I think this is unacceptable behaviour. I have requested that it stop in a post on this site.
You are doing so once again here: you do realise, don’t you, that I have bothered once or twice on MyT to enlighten you of the true facts of the matter, as have others who were also involved. It happened over a year ago: move on!
Well done Minty MBE,
Don’t forget Katies little pearler the other day in her elebrating the rout of Brendano blog on MyT.
“I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO BECOME THE NEW BRENDANO FF”
She calls me fat ferret, I think she lurves me.
I aksed her who died and made her queen of MyT and then her blog disappeared go figure.
Morning Furry: kind of you to pop in, and thank you for that little gem above. She does get very cross, doesn’t she?
Wow !! This post is about 2 1/2 years old yet it reads like it could have been written today. What a sad little person Bubbles is. Imagine my surprise at seeing you call her Katie – just like the character in my story, what an amazing coincidence. Arrested development and all.
Hello, McBill.
Apologies for the delay in releasing your comment, but yes, it’s a case of plus ça change, and all that!
Thought you would find it interesting.
This is really very interesting. I see Mcbill had exactly the same thoughts as I. This has been going on for years! I had no idea. How do people manage to keep this up for so long? It would wear me don too much.
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Hi Gaz.
Yes, years, and still she carries on! Quite absurd behaviour when one looks at from a point of view of the real world, but it appears that in cyberspace certain people feel perfectly free to vent their anger all day and every day.
I really do give up with even attempting to answer most of her bilious rants.