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Y'know, there's a saying -- if one person's an asshole, it's probably them.  if everyone's an asshole, it's probably you
where does this come from?  you seem to be implying that I have called, or think, someone is an asshole in this dialogue.  I haven't, and I don't think anyone on this site is an asshole.  You are over the line with the implication, and more than impolite in using the term.
by wchurchill on Mon Apr 30th, 2007 at 11:04:37 AM EST
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Oh, so being polite is important?  is calling people arrogant and supercilious polite?  you imagine you're nothing but well-mannered with your insults?  If you'd like, I can go through this thread and downrate all your comments that have been insulting and name-calling so you'll have a guideline.

And nice way to avoid the main point of a comment once again.  

Does it really matter where the saying comes from?  I assure you it's quite common in the US in the "regular" people circles you claim to be so familiar with.  The meaning has nothing to do with you or calling people assholes -- it simply means that if you have a problem with lots of people (as opposed to one person) that the problem may lie with you rather than the other people. But you really didn't need that explained, did you?

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Apr 30th, 2007 at 12:57:53 PM EST
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