I'm not really familiar with her, I dropped it in for full completeness of my happy tale of coincidence and God/the universe/randomness/chance, providing me with an answer right on cue.
I appreciate that you may be concerned about winning people over to one side of the fence or other, but the point of my post wasn't to do that, nor do I really think it's possible to that in this case.
The events at play are far bigger than mere individuals, with large currents that a mere individual such as me can't hope to prevent, or steer. Those currents are going to surge around all of us individuals and go where they need to go. They have a momentum all of their own now and are beyond control.
If, for example, you think Sage is bad, well, I first went to Sage's page via a link from a 'questionable' poster over at Gail's site where I lurk sometimes, but I clicked the link anyway, if only to entertain myself with some lunatic's fancy, and right there at the top of the page was just what I needed :)
My way is to read whatever I want, from whoever I want, and make up my own mind irrespective of whether I think they may be a madman, or an eco-fascist, or whoever, and irrespective of whether I agree with everything else they say about this or that. I'm more interested in the truth of the message in question, rather than shooting the messenger.
Re: TPTB have lost their social license
I appreciate that you may be concerned about winning people over to one side of the fence or other, but the point of my post wasn't to do that, nor do I really think it's possible to that in this case.
The events at play are far bigger than mere individuals, with large currents that a mere individual such as me can't hope to prevent, or steer. Those currents are going to surge around all of us individuals and go where they need to go. They have a momentum all of their own now and are beyond control.
If, for example, you think Sage is bad, well, I first went to Sage's page via a link from a 'questionable' poster over at Gail's site where I lurk sometimes, but I clicked the link anyway, if only to entertain myself with some lunatic's fancy, and right there at the top of the page was just what I needed :)
My way is to read whatever I want, from whoever I want, and make up my own mind irrespective of whether I think they may be a madman, or an eco-fascist, or whoever, and irrespective of whether I agree with everything else they say about this or that. I'm more interested in the truth of the message in question, rather than shooting the messenger.
The Ninth Mouse