The SDWC/SIBBY conflict is flaring up again.
Here we go again. After a month or two of civil relations, it appears the SDWC/Sibby border conflict is flaring up again.
I think there’s a predictable pattern by now to this.
- I write on some topic.
- Sibby takes it and says I must be a liberal/etc., because when I wrote on it, I didn’t explore the same aspect of an issue he would have, despite actually agreeing on most of the issue. And then he includes a shot at my wife (also a Republican, conservative on most issues).
- I write again, this time in response, because he has no place for comments on his website, and let’s face it, he took a shot at my wife. And I wonder what in the heck he’s talking about, because it sounds as if intelligent thought is starting to derail.
- Sibby ratchets up the border tensions even further by calling me a Marxist/Secular Humanist/ Democrat/whatever.
And then cross-border tensions continue to escalate until it is in a state of full combat. And if you think about it, it’s actually pretty silly. I mean, tonight Steve says that “I hate him,” which couldn’t be farther from the truth.
I might question him. I might say his logic is faulty, and I might have fun at his expense when he does something that utterly lacks honor, like taking a shot at my “educrate” wife, as he terms her. Especially considering that fact she has nothing to do with any disagreements we might have.
But hate him? That’s just silliness, and not even remotely funny as my linking to the cupcake site with his name in the sidebar. (But then again, why would I send traffic to someone who insults my wife?)
At one point, I asked my wife if she wanted to bother to respond. She said no, making the point that behavioral therapists point out that the best way to perpetuate bad behavior is to respond to it, and the best way to correct it is to ignore it.
So, despite Sibby’s shoe banging rhetoric at myself and my beloved spouse, I want to make sure Steve knows that there’s no hate involved. I think we can agree that on many issues we do agree, and on some, it’s ok to have a difference of opinion, and to even debate them.
And if he can leave my spouse out of it, I’m sure I can manage to leave the hillbilly comments out of my posts.
See, Steve and I can get along. And I’m sure he makes a mean cupcake too.
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Good point. I certainly don’t want to annoy my readers in the process of teasing Steve. Consider it fixed.
And why would I hate him? I’ve got several people who have irritated me far more than Steve, and I don’t say boo about them. No, I’d say it’s more like putting peanut butter on the roof of your dog’s mouth.
I think the Powers/Sibby “wars” are entertaining. And consider yourself lucky. You don’t live in the same town as him as I do.
Pat –
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Just never mention Sibby again.
Even if he brings you up and challenges him straight on, ignore him. How many people read his blog? Five or six. How many read yours? Thousands. People don’t know what Sibby says about you UNTIL YOU BRING IT UP.
The best way to silence Sibby is to ACT LIKE HE DOESN’T EXIST. If you can, don’t even visit his page.
I echo #5. If not for your site, I would not know what Sibby EVER writes. Even after you link it, I still don’t. If a tree falls in a forest and nobody or nothing is there to hear it, is there a noise?
Remember, Sibby is the Godfather of the South Dakota Republican blogosphere. Without Sibby, Tom Daschle would be running the Senate, John Thune would still be lobbying for DM&E, and Jon Lauck would be looking for work.
It’s true. Without the hillbilly, Tom Daschle would have trounced John Thune and the Republicans in South Dakota would have no idea of what the word “blog” means. Don’t believe me? Just ask him…
These facts have lead me to do some research and I’ve made a bombshell discovery of my own. While Jesus did not smoke a corncob pipe or turn corn into liquor, he did turn water into wine and he had a pony tail and a beard.
Based on this research, I conclude that Sibby is the second coming of Christ himself.
So show a little respect…
I wonder if Swabby and Sobby will weigh in on all this? They’ve been mysteriously silent since Thanksgiving. Hmmm.
Darn it, Pat. You’re encouraging him. By the way, the cupcake thing is annoying because I once wanted to go to his website to read his rantings and trusted your site to be the “jumping off point” to all blogs.
I was wrong.
And I think you do hate Sibby, just a wee little bit. You’re THISclose to admiting your hatred for Steve, and he is among the people who most need our understanding.