Re: virus: Why does everybody love Oprah?

Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Wed, 3 Feb 1999 01:55:25 -0800

Kristee wrote:

>Well, my point is, so what if they do, and I have changed their minds? I
>still think I'm entitled and justified to be critical of Oprah and not like
>her. If others on the list are convinced I'm right, then their opinion of
>her wasn't very strong to begin with...

"If that bitch let me smack her around like that for all those years, her opinion of herself wasn't very good to begin with... and that ain't my fault--I was entitled and justified."

Funny, how easy it is for the attacker to shift the blame onto the shoulders of the attacked by using those kind of phrases, isn't it?

Bomb throwers a vital to any movement. But too often they fall in love with lobbing bombs and forget why they wanted to change things in the first place. In case you haven't figured it out yet, I doubt Reed really gives two hoots about Oprah, per se.

-Prof. Tim, Recovering Demolitions Expert