Before
I gave in and looked up the exact wording of the phrase in the above subject
line, I tried to come up with it myself, without resorting to internet research
and I was rolling around different versions in my head, and came up with all
sorts of permutations:
- The friend of my enemy is not my friend
- My enemy has a friend
- I hate my enemy’s friend
- I love my enemy’s enemy
- I would like to give my enemy an enema
What
I am trying to say is, do I think Chelsea Handler is a terrible writer because
she is or because someone I hate thinks she is a good writer?
Background
needed? Fine, if you insist: Someone I know is a big fan of Chelsea Handler and
her books. I dislike this person intensely (long story but basically this
person is a back-stabbing two-faced suck-up whoremonger) (and the use of the
word “whoremonger” is not meant to be provocative; this person used to pimp here
in Las Vegas). But because I am not a hypocrite, I decided to give the Chelsea
Handler books a chance. And well, really, is it just me and some weird form of
transference or do these books truly suck? They are not that funny and she is
so long-winded and she thinks she is so cool because she drinks so much and
farts, but I bet I could drink that bitch under the table and I know I could
out-fart her. But is my judgment clouded by my hatred of the whoremonger? Is
that a question I will ever be able to answer? Because if by some miracle, I
become best friends with the whoremonger, if I re-read the books would I then
enjoy them?
But
to be fair to Ms. Handler, it is not just her. Like, I think Howard Stern is scum
of the earth so I never buy any Snapple products. I absolutely despise a
certain actor simply because he looks like a horrible boss I once had. And I
have taken Clint Eastwood off my 101 Sexiest Men Alive list because he just
endorsed Mitt Romney.
Silly
principles, maybe, but as long as no one else suffers, right?
I will endeavour to read something by Ms Handler and give you my honest opinion. Well noted on the Clint
ReplyDeleteha - i spoke too soon. South Taranaki District Libraries has nothing by her. mmm see if I can find a copy without spending $
ReplyDeleteI'm interested to know who this previous pimp is and how exactly you know them . . . does the hatred stem from a certain deal gone bad? So why take revenge for a whoremonger out on a dwarf-lover? To thine ownself hate what enemies are not the least of our friends hatred thus. Especially that vile Clint stupid Eastwood.
ReplyDeleteI have a person at work who I am struggling to treat fairly because she reminds me of someone at another job that I did not like. But what Gina said was probably more "high road." ;-)
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