Who is the most articulate poster? - Page 2

UtahBill · 07-18-08, 11:13 PM

Well, if I can't get at least an honorable mention, I will have to quit editing for better grammar and correcting my typing mistakes.

WI Crippler · 07-18-08, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by 1069

Yeah. I had to snigger at a couple of the proffered choices. And shake my head in befuddlement at a couple who were left out.
Me? Felicity? Lessee here... Scucca? Korimyr? Monk-Eye, for Chrissake?? He completely buries all of the above when it comes to articulateness.
What about the forum's gay contingent? New Coup? Jallman??
New Coup??
Come on, people. You'd include Zyphlin (why not just make it a contest between, like... Southern Belle and Trinity and Jerry and George W Bush?), but not Jfuh, not Urethra Franklin, not... bleh. This contest is teh Suck.
It's sort of like a beauty contest where the only contestants are Dick Cheney, Janet Reno, a piece of dried dog crap, or "Other".

All these people you mention fit into the "other" category provided by Lightdemon, if you didn't know. Its his list, maybe he isn't impressed with some of the people you mention. I'm only really impressed with 3 of them myself.

I'd throw Kelzie up there too. But donsutherland is the bomb. The guy is unflappable. Nobody else is nearly as good of a writer as he is. He gets his points across without all the emotional rhetoric, doesn't get caught up in flame fests, treats everybody with respect, and on the subjects he discusses, he is always well informed. He's the model of civil debate, IMO.

Monk-Eyes style was unique and challenging. He made you think, but he would get caught up from time to time with posters. And he doesn't post anymore. But I did like his style.

independent_thinker2002 · 07-18-08, 11:17 PM

Don Sutherland. Everything WI Crippler said.

jallman · 07-18-08, 11:20 PM

Tashah...I never cease to be amazed at how she cuts right to the quick with minimal filler. She is the single most articulate person on this forum.

After that, it's me, of course.

WI Crippler · 07-18-08, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by independent_thinker2002

Don Sutherland. Everything WI Crippler said.

Wait....does that make me articulate?

I know I'll never be that articulate like some of those people mentioned. It just doesn't fit in with my meat and potatoes lifestyle. Plus I can't try too hard, or else it would be hypocritical of me to hand out Spelling and Grammar Nazi awards.

1069 · 07-18-08, 11:33 PM

... this contest is like a cage fight between Christopher Reeve and Stephen Hawking...

Lightdemon · 07-19-08, 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1069

Yeah. I had to snigger at a couple of the proffered choices. And shake my head in befuddlement at a couple who were left out.
Me? Felicity? Lessee here... Scucca? Korimyr? Monk-Eye, for Chrissake?? He completely buries all of the above when it comes to articulateness.
What about the forum's gay contingent? New Coup? Jallman??
New Coup??
Come on, people. You'd include Zyphlin (why not just make it a contest between, like... Southern Belle and Trinity and Jerry and George W Bush?), but not Jfuh, not Urethra Franklin, not... bleh. This contest is teh Suck.
It's sort of like a beauty contest where the only contestants are Dick Cheney, Janet Reno, a piece of dried dog crap, or "Other".

Don't get all butt hurt on me 10. I often find myself agreeing with your posts, but I'm sorry, you're just down right manipulative. So much so, that I couldn't put you up there with my list of honorable mentions. I mean, look at what I'm quoting you on above...

Stop trying to throw my thread into the basement. I intended this to be some sort of a recognition of DP's best contributors, not a contest.

CaptainCourtesy · 07-19-08, 02:20 AM

Tashah and donsutherland1, for sure. Tashah can be a bit more "edgy", which is not necessarily a bad thing. Both of them present arguments that are readable, understandable, chock full of information, and both know how to respond and refute both intelligently, and with, usually, winning results. Both of them construct very well written posts.

Volker · 07-19-08, 02:57 AM

From the person in this list Gunny is the most articulate poster, with distance to the others. If I wanted to go further with this "Other" options, there is UtahBill and DeeJayH, who are pretty good, too. If they had been in the list, maybe I would have voted for them.

I don't know, why Tashah is in this list at all. Boy, she does this personal stuff whenever she is running out of arguments, and this is like always.

Iriemon's views are much closer to my views, but this was not the question. Don is articulate, but I mostly know him from Middle East Forum, where I feel like kinda knowing about his view about a new topic, before I read the first line of his post. It is more interesting to read posts from people like the good Reverend, you know, he is less predictable.

Tashah · 07-19-08, 03:00 AM

I would say donsutherland1 without reservation. Extremely intelligent and informative, always polite and civil, and quite unflappable.

I am not one who is easily impressed. I met Don at another forum and he impressed the high holy hell out of me. Needless to say, I ::ahem:: “stole” Don and brought him here to DP

By any metric, Don is the very best and deserves all accolades.