Bob and Autoegocrat have an amusing exchange:

AUTO: Let me tell you something about Mick. He says just enough sense mixed with nonsense to make himself seem like an inviting target, but once you actually engage him, you realize that the seemingly rational person you thought you were dealing with is actually a fully indoctrinated GOP stooge.

I wonder who it was that indoctrinated me, and if I had those little metal eyelid holder thingies strapped to my head at the time, like that guy in A Clockwork Orange. The fact that I can’t remember it happening must be proof that it actually did, though. My only regret is that they didn’t coat my bones with adamantium and give me wicked cool claws.

AUTO CONT.: You’re then left with a choice: either walk away, concluding that it’s not worth it, or just take a swipe at him before moving on to something else. If you take his bait, the very next thing he will do no matter what you said is attack you personally. If you get infuriated by his adolescent games and react emotionally, then he will jump up and down like a chimp and point at you, laughing, “Gotcha!”

The only way you’re going to get any satisfaction from him is if you thoroughly crush his ego, and that’s generally not worth the effort.

That parting shot you left in his comments was pretty nice.

I’m obviously not faultless and have occasionally taken the low road; that’s my mistake, and I feel bad about it.

But I have to laugh at how this whole comment is a personal attack on me.

Gotcha!

BOB: Yup. That’s pretty much what I’ve figured out by now. A one-man LGF/SBV operation holding down the fort for the GOP in Memphis, TN.

I guess it doesn’t matter that I don’t link to or even read LGF. The funny part is how I haven’t even attacked Bob personally in this exchange, while he’s accused me of lying and has coined my new favorite: “a troll who lives under his own blog.”

Thanks, Bob. That’ll show up at the year-end awards post for sure!