I have a confession to make: I have very deep criticisms about this site, its writers and readers. Some days I log on, browse the front page and the recommended list, gauge the general tone of the site, and then log off because I think you're all a bunch of idiots.
Does that offend you? It certainly should. Because I'm painting an entire community with a broad brush and ignoring all the amazing things about it. And even more offensive is that it is highly likely that when I say "you're all idiots," I'm not actually talking about you, dear reader, but rather just a few people amongst the thousands here.
So the problem may not be all of you, right? It's more likely that I am the problem, but it doesn't stop me from offensively calling ALL of you idiots.
But what if I actually DID call all of you, each and every person here, an idiot? Well, first I'd be banned. Then, depending on how I wrote the diary, I might become a dkos legend, like ErinF or RealityBias.
You know what wouldn't happen?
I wouldn't be killed. Mocked, ridiculed, maligned? Yes.
Alive?
Also yes.