I'm tired
Aren Perry
Tired of ridiculous attacks
Tired of conspiracy theories
Tired of having to defend myself in every article
Tired of my friends trying to do the same
Tired of those that attack me being oblivious to their own attacks
You might recall awhile back Scrabman was trying to unite the eUSA. Hell, the people who disliked him the most he put in whatever legislation he could to help them (which isn't much since legislatively he's limited. However, he basically followed Federalist ideology by giving control of the US money to congress).
Yea, recently he kinda blew up at the Feds. PEACE would want to take over the Feds, theoretically, to win a PREZ election, not a congressional one. Granted, I have no reason to believe that they necessarily ARE, but that would be the logic IF that is what they were going after.
You know what really sucks, the very things I have tried to do to bring about unity are used as an opportunity to slander me.
The Gentlemans Agreement, the Jedi Council, the AAP media of our policies including our open-ness to other parties and viewpoints-the addition to our new manifesto of the same idea in the first section of the manifesto. (I do have to say that the manifesto was not used to slander me, but the others were).
I mean, even the Jedi Council has been turned just into a place where someone can wave their finger at Scrabman. I didn't try to establish and am not trying to establish the Jedi Council so that people could point fingers-the attempt was to get PAST silly arguments, to stop people from personal accusations like Wingfield made about me that serve no purpose but to break down and not build up. Currently it first use is being a truth or dare system.
I understand your concern, but don't you have any respect for him as a President? Can't you write an article, or a pm, conveying your concern and maybe seeing if there is anything you can do to help with it instead of lambasting him in articles and trying to turn a device for peace and unity into one of division? Lack of common courtesy is disturbing in this game. part of the problem is it's very easy to overstate yourself online because nobody really knows who you are so who cares? Just go ahead and blow off.
For this reason, I can understand, and I hope you do-why Scrabman is frustrated. Every attempt he has made at reconciling and getting everyone involved has bitten him.
Every statement and person he put into his cabinet that was of right ideology went unnoticed-next term he was accused of being left wing because he put more left people in his cabinet, but why put people in your cabinet that were your biggest opponents in your election?
He made many statements of his desire to unite the eUSA and the knee jerk criticism was "he's trying to make us into his cronies" (of course, this is just the general impression)
The Jedi Council was a joint effort of ours as well as the position of interparty relations secretary, and to simply see it degraded and turned into some "spy" position is pathetic. Why can't some of you simply believe in something that's NOT a conspiracy?
I have written many articles about unity before I was in this position, the AAP WAS well known for its bi-partisanship. But the hand that Scrabman extended was bitten instead of taken.
I KNOW it's not all of the Feds, I know it's MORE than JUST Feds. There are GOOD feds, good people in conservative parties-people I supported in their runs for congress. PP's of the Fed party tend to be good people in particular. Still no one can deny that most of the very vocal. somewhat speculative, and adjective rich opposition to Scrabman came from Fed party members.
I mean, one wrote an article about how Scrabman won with less votes than before and how this was a show of weakness. Are you really that desperate to degrade our President? Another article called the voluntary Party agreement for eUSA unity an attempt to "coerce..parties into submission" (indirect quote) Really? a voluntary agreement is a coersion to submission, especially when the agreement specifically says that such things are not the idea?
I can understand his frustration, why he would say that they are traitors who are disrupting our ability to be an effective nation. Every step he took they dogged no matter what it was, no matter what he tried. Were his statements totally called for? no.
But I hope you can understand-becuase let me tell you, I'm tired too.
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I'm tired too Aren. Good work.
I fully agree with this article.
I challenge those who disagree to address the content of the article, and not attack the character of the author.
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>PEACE would want to take over the Feds, theoretically, to win a PREZ election, not a congressional one
See, the point of winning congress is to keep your TO president from being impeached, so they'd have to do both.
>why put people in your cabinet that were your biggest opponents in your election?
Because they are competent enough to run for the president. Just running for president means a lot, so if you can get a PP to endorse you for presidency, then you must have some good qualities.
We're all tired, Aren. None of us are happy anymore. scrabman hasn't been the best president ever- he's actually been pretty average, and a lot of people think that he simply should have retired a long time ago. But no, he ran again for a 3rd term, because "America needed him"(indirect quote). I really have nothing to say to that. I hate him more than anyone else in the game for a lot of reasons, and I could write a lot of articles about how he's a terrible person, president, ect. But I've kept my mouth shut. I don't know why. Every time I try to talk to him, he's still a subversive faggot, and he still thinks that he's the best thing to grace America since the coming of Lewis(HEIL). So he's a terrible person to try to deal with if you're not sucking up to him, which is a huge issue in eRep, since there isn't a whole lot to presiding.
But I've been there, too. I was SoS during French Toast, which was a really rocky time for us. Heh, now that I think of it, back then, scrab was declaring Jihad on NP(RAMROD back then) because he thought that they were USWP's mortal enemies. Back on topic, I dealt with people detracting from the establishment while we were in an actual war. So I can understand how annoying it can be. What you have to do, though, is stand up for yourself. I've never seen scrabman post his side of an argument in any anti-scrab article. As a matter of fact, the most I've ever seen him post was a one liner. And you wonder why people are tired of him.
Poor poor misunderstood Emerick. If you could just act like a decent human being on a consistent basis you could do so much more in this social strategy game. It's a shame really. You could be President if it wasn't for your personality.
>If you could just act like a decent human being
says a butthater troll
Aren Perry, I think you are starting feel the dual wear and tear of being a Party President and Congressional representative.
You might be better off taking a bit of time off and two-clicking for a while. Trust me, it helps.
Emerick isn't great
I like Kettle Cooked Potato Chips.
If you can't say something nice, Emerick, don't say anything at all. Didn't your mother ever teach you that?
>I've never seen scrabman post his side of an argument in any anti-scrab article. As a matter of fact, the most I've ever seen him post was a one liner.
Turns out he's a little busy running the country, which makes responding to every whiny, ignorant, or slanderous article a bit time consuming.
get used to it buddy. eAmerica is the most divided country in the game, because some just can't put political differences aside.
and yet... Emerick is great
8o
How is this possible? How can it be?
"At first it was petty disrespect towards any other party but the USWP"
WTF? Scrabmans always been good to the AAP. Stay out of America troll.
seems to me that when so many people have only negative things to say it forces in this case scrabman's hand. From what I've read people either spew venomous or flowery words and then reap what they sow. I'm aware that I could be missing the "rising action" that leads to the somewhat numerous cathartic posts.
>Stay out of America troll.
I'm pretty sure he's in Turkey just to fight for the freedom of te israelis and the Greeks, something you should probably be doing too btw. Also, I do love the completely incorrect usage of the term Troll here, makes you sound like a true forum admin
oh btw, I think this whole article + comments sums up why the support for parties like mine in Peru has been so great, because people are tired of America being shitty like this.
Chisholm,
I would fight... but I'm in congress!!! To think that I respected you...
>Turns out he's a little busy running the country, which makes responding to every whiny, ignorant, or slanderous article a bit time consuming.
That's evading. How long does it take to write a paragraph to tell some one why they're wrong? All of two or three minutes.
Aren, IJL IV has a decent idea, but personally feel a vacation abroad is better. It really puts things in perspective, and is quite calming, no matter what the circumstances. I warn you though, it is a lot harder coming back than leaving imo. (As much as I love my country for whatever reason.)
Right on, Mjdiv.
As people may or may not have noticed, with Scrabman, I've had a lot of pretty much knock-down, drag-out debates over issues from taxation to foreign policy, in articles, the forums, and PM's.
He's a tough debater, and if you disagree with him, you better have your facts straight. But he will talk to anyone-- I'm a RL American who lives in eSpain, and we talk/debate a lot.
Yet, I have always been treated with dignity and respect by the Scrab, even though there's a lot we don't agree on.
If you are willing to engage him using logical arguments, you will get a civil response, even if it's not the one you want (goddess knows, I've tried. 😉) If you can't live with that response, that's on you.
He's President of the largest eCountry in the e-world. He has to make hard and often unpleasant decisions.
But if you launch into a bunch of ad hominem attacks, you will lose his interest, and get an appropriately brusque reply.
If you talk to him civilly, and can provide the right arguments, it's possible you'll persuade him.
Jon Barack Bluejacket
Aren: I also read about the Jedi Council.
I thought it was a great idea. I'm very sorry it didn't work out as intended.
I have a friend from a Western state who is a current Congressman.
Like you, he is getting tired of the ignorance and back-biting.
But regardless of how tired you and Congressperson "X" get, I hope you will stay and serve.
We need sane, rational voices in our Congress.
JBB
>As the saying goes - If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
That's a logical fallacy, you know. It's perfectly fine to bring concerns to the table without offering solutions. After all, sometimes pointing out the flaw in a plan can be more helpful. Maybe you didn't see that flaw when you made up the plan, and maybe it's worse than you thought.
Thank you Aren Perry, it is good to see that someone still has common sense. If any of you mislead people he mentioned would like to see more of this wonderful thing you've never seen called "common sense and not saying everything and everyone is a plot against you"
try reading this:
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I once messaged the presidential candidate Kyle(he had some numbers after his name, I can't remember them, but he was second place in the elections) and he never responded. I messaged scrabman, and he REPLIED. That's one of the many things I appreciate about him. He acknowledges and replies to almost everybody who messages him. And Sir Valaro Volcrum, I couldn't agree more. If you go up to ANYBODY, including scrabman, and call him a pompous fool, you're not going to get a pleasant, "Thank you for your comment!" in a light girly voice. Your going to get what you said. Good work Aren, we all want to fall down near a nice quiet eRiver somewhere and die.
18Vincent Garibaldi 5 hours ago:
"Aren, IJLIV has a decent idea, but personally feel a vacation abroad is better. It really puts things in perspective, and is quite calming, no matter what the circumstances. I warn you though, it is a lot harder coming back than leaving imo. (As much as I love my country for whatever reason.)"
This
Bah. I personally find this article insulting to my intelligence. You're tired of what? Jumping onto the back of the USWP to ride their coat-tails towards whatever totalitarian schemes you tools dream up next? You stand there and spout this tripe with a straight face when one of your AAP congressmen is one of the most NOTORIOUS comment trolls I've seen! (I've seen plenty, trust me.)
Blind and ignorant devotion serve only to further tear at the rift that's already been happening. You waste our time on lulz proposals, make shady deals in order to cement your status and consolidate more power in order to better turn the rest of us into mindless self-idulgent degenerate parasites whose sole function is to troll from article to article, making ad hominem attacks against anti-USWP/AAP viewpoints and sucking at the teats of scrabman et al.
You should be ashamed to write this dreck...and I'm ashamed that I wasted 5 minutes of my life reading it.
I suppose that now makes me anti-American, right? Nevermind the fact that I've fought whenever I've had a chance too, contributed my time to a smaller weapons factory, even knowing I could make more money elsewhere, out of loyalty. I owe the USWP/AAP no such loyalty. My mind is my own, thank you.
What a bunch of whiny wussies, suck it up, it's a computer game, if the bad ol' computer game gets too rough for you, turn off your computer and go outside or whatever. This whole battle is silly, if we don't like Scrabman we can vote him out next time, until then he's the prez. Of course that doesn't mean you can't be critical if you see something that you think is wrong. That is MOST patriotic thing of all. This whole debate about debating is tiresome. Let's just debate the actual issues, not whether or not we should debate them or getting into petty snarky BS personal attacks. We ALL could grow up a bit.
@Liquid Oxygen
What intelligence is there to insult? You assume and insinuate way too much. Too cautious of a player that makes you paranoid.
@Emerick
"That's a logical fallacy, you know. It's perfectly fine to bring concerns to the table without offering solutions. After all, sometimes pointing out the flaw in a plan can be more helpful. Maybe you didn't see that flaw when you made up the plan, and maybe it's worse than you thought."
The statement is entirely dependant on the situation. Sure, in a perfect world of people sharing concerns, you're right.
But here? You're not. That statement is right on, for now. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem ( Even then, bringing up "concerns" with no solutions can be technically "part of the solution" depending on how you bring it up ).
I'm tired of it too.
I think the party leaders have made effective moves to improve eUS unity. Of course we can and should have debates about the actual game issues (MPPs, taxes, and so on), but (to echo what GregT said) we all can do a better job of debating with less venom and less personal invective. I'm commited to doing that myself.
There will always be obnoxious people posting flaming articles, but that does not mean they should be given creedence or that one should respond in kind. It's taken me some time see those kinds of posts in perspective. (Being deployed into foreign land has helped with the eUS unity perspective, btw).
Pardon the avatar and residency, I am ON THE BOUNCE!
I love those Kettle Cooked Potato Chips too!.....the jalapeno ones rock
and I must admit...Scrabman has done an outstanding job....I wouldn't wish that job on my worst enemy...well maybe
"I love those Kettle Cooked Potato Chips too!.....the jalapeno ones rock"
I agree with this.
President Scrabman is in the process of serving 3 1/2 consecutive terms as President. He had to expect that to be a controversial move. If you're not prepsred to be the bigger man in the face of arguement and attacks, you don't belong in the White House. Scrabman's attacks on the Federalist Party were over the line and speculative in the extreme.
lots of haters in this game lol 😃
@Arken
Welcome to a game. I'm sure scrabman expected it. Complete professionalism in a game though?
I totally agree.
For some reason, I'm not feeling a "group hug" coming on.
Jon Barack Bluejacket
"That's evading. How long does it take to write a paragraph to tell some one why they're wrong? All of two or three minutes."
LOL. So, he should stroke your ego and respond to you after you said you "hated" him and called him a "subversive faggot?" Nice debate etiquette there. That's also the second time you've called him a "faggot" or "fgt." Are you homophobic, maybe? Get over yourself. This is a game, not RL.
Absolutely Excellent Article! I mentioned this in my latest article.
"If you're not prepsred to be the bigger man in the face of arguement and attacks, you don't belong in the White House. Scrabman's attacks on the Federalist Party were over the line and speculative in the extreme."
Exactly. I really don't want my President, breaking down and going ballistic, everytime someone calls him dumb. I mean seriously. Ignore the letters that obviously look like crap and read the ones that look like they are offering advice.
>You could be President if it wasn't for your personality.
I actually vote for my president based on how smart they are. Not because they are a celebrity.
blah
Rofl,
Try standing up to a barrage of 3 and a half months of insults from a gazillion people.
go home hungarian !