Thank you for rephrasing my words in more gentlemanly language. You must excuse me for being somewhat on edge. Our country faces an existential threat the likes we have never before seen in our country's history. What started as a joke can no longer be viewed that way. The United States has been taken over by an authoritarian regime bent on ego aggrandizement and self destruction. Military maneuvers close to home underline the very real threat all North Americans face in a world stockpiled with more weapons of mass destruction than needed to end all of our lives. I would appreciate if Art could find a map that was more readable. My apologies to you and anyone else who was offended by my somewhat sarcastic remark.
Thank you for clarifying, slight sarcasm can often accidentally read as rude so I appreciate it.
I would offer that I wouldn't describe the language I used as gentlemanly so much as civil discourse which, among neighbours (as you are with the writer), is essential, especially in heightened times like these.
There's no need for people who are trying their best to do good by their community to catch strays from those who are on edge.
Let's hope they have better maps than the one included in this article which is unreadable and therefore unusable.
This isn't Facebook or Twitter. It's possible to give constructive feedback without being unnecessarily sassy.
Let me rewrite it for you:
"The map image is low resolution are you able to fix that so readers can see it?"
Thank you for rephrasing my words in more gentlemanly language. You must excuse me for being somewhat on edge. Our country faces an existential threat the likes we have never before seen in our country's history. What started as a joke can no longer be viewed that way. The United States has been taken over by an authoritarian regime bent on ego aggrandizement and self destruction. Military maneuvers close to home underline the very real threat all North Americans face in a world stockpiled with more weapons of mass destruction than needed to end all of our lives. I would appreciate if Art could find a map that was more readable. My apologies to you and anyone else who was offended by my somewhat sarcastic remark.
Thank you for clarifying, slight sarcasm can often accidentally read as rude so I appreciate it.
I would offer that I wouldn't describe the language I used as gentlemanly so much as civil discourse which, among neighbours (as you are with the writer), is essential, especially in heightened times like these.
There's no need for people who are trying their best to do good by their community to catch strays from those who are on edge.
I do appreciate what Art is doing for this community which is why I am a paid subscriber. I encourage everyone who reads this substack to do the same.