Andrew Sullivan has been complaining that Glenn Reynolds is “passive-agressive,” and while Glenn said Andrew was clueless, I’m even more clueless, as I don’t know what passive-aggressive means in this new context.
No seriously.
If Glenn’s approach — linking interesting stuff like this — is passive-aggressive (er, “Mr Passive-Aggressive” seems to be the correct term), I have to say, I’ve long enjoyed that approach.
But honestly, I don’t know what Andrew Sullivan means in using the term that way. Of course, why should I care what “means” means? I mean, who needs meaning?
I link things I consider interesting — even meaningful — nearly every day. Does that make me passive-aggressive too?
Well why is that? On top of all my many problems, do I have to be made passive-aggressive against my will, merely for the crime of clicking on links to which Sullivan has assigned the passive-aggressive label?
I wish I had more mental processing power and maybe I could attempt to figure out how to put more passive-aggressiveness into my links! The problem is that people like Andrew Sullivan won’t stop forcing me into a passive-aggressive role, and if I wasn’t more into being passive-aggressive I’d be inclined to say enough is enough.
But saying enough is enough is never enough for those who think enough is not enough!
God, I hope I’m not getting serious. If I am serious, it’s all Andrew Sullivan’s fault!
(OK, Andrew, have it your way! Enough is not enough!)
I refuse to be forced to be passive-aggressive!
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4 responses to “I refuse to be forced to be passive-aggressive!”
I think Andy has picked up his beagle’s ability to bark at things he senses. Whether Andy’s senses are as good as the beagle is another matter.
When the beagle starts signing the postings, I’ll go back to reading them.
In the mean time, I don’t find his drivel worth trying to decode.
I used to read Sullivan’s blog until he fell off the deep end. He’s now a sad shadow of his former self.
Passive-aggression is an indirect way for the weak to confront the powerful, but without appearing confrontational – and it is often the cowards way of dealing with an unpleasant situation which really calls for courage.
Calling someone passive-aggressive may its self be passive-aggressive, since it requires courage to tell someone they are a coward.