[identity profile] f1ymetothemoon.livejournal.com 2009-08-12 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
I hated how that was written; in a way that dumbs down the opposition by way of writing the statements in internet speak like "u" and "benes". I wish the author would not have done that :(

[identity profile] twirlgrrl.livejournal.com 2009-08-12 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I assumed that the author was debunking a critique as it was written, but I didn't look into it further. If he made those statements up or dumbed them down like that, I agree with you.!

[identity profile] twirlgrrl.livejournal.com 2009-08-12 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
OK, I messaged the author on facebook to find out if he has a link to the thing he was debunking. In the meantime, I found this:

http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?p=1006718

See post #79, more than halfway down the page. It's the same points, cleaned up a bit but still plenty of internet-shortcuts and silliness in the way the points are stated. So it looks like it's probably an email that's been going around that people are quoting on discussion boards and such.

[identity profile] f1ymetothemoon.livejournal.com 2009-08-12 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I wonder if it was taken from that forum and dumbed down further with the shortcuts? I see a couple of typos that might excite an opportunist into doing so, like the omission of "e" in the word "be".

We b detectives! LOL

[identity profile] twirlgrrl.livejournal.com 2009-08-12 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Given that it was in a completely different forum, not signed or attributed, and the author didn't attribute it either, I would think it's more likely something being passed around by email and showing up on various forums by its recipients. But I don't know, obviously; someone would have to be crazy to send that to me, LOL! Whether the facebook guy did the dumbing down or not, I hope to find out.