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November 1st, 2020.

So here it is November yet again, and it is our third time around. I suspect that many of you know the

drill but in case you are new to these parts I suppose I should take just a moment to explain

the ground rules. Exactly what is no quarter November or as we will occasionally

call it this year, mostly peaceful November. From time to time here at May blog I've said certain things that might

ruffle a feather or two.

Mindful of my responsibilities in such cases, I try to make it my usual custom to anticipate the objections and concerns that may arise,

and I do so through what we might call my second paragraph rule.

Somewhere early on in the offending post I will say something that will hedge my supposed

outrageous sentiment around with qualifications and other forms of oleogenous balance.

For example, I will say something like,

please don't read this as arguing that all women are fat,

or something equally soothing.

Now there are some people out there who cannot be satisfied no matter what you do or how hard you try right for them it is like these

qualifications were never even made they respond to what I write qualifications in all

nuance and everything as though it were my purpose

to be incendiary regardless of the consequences.

They deny that my prose is exquisitely balanced.

Despite abundant evidence to the contrary, they persist in denying that I'm walking the

tight rope of steadiness across the deep canyon of overdone metaphors.

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