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Posted: 8/19/2004 2:49:30 PM EDT
I have no idea who this Imbroglio person is, save that everybody seems to have an intense hatred of him. What did he do?
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All he needed was a .22 and a .38. He was an agent provocateur. I kind'a liked him around.
There is really little else to know...perhaps... -HS |
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He was the mouthpiece for the "Anybody but Bush" crowd. Among other things, one of his loudest drums was that Bush had secretly re-instated the draft.
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That, my friend, is the million-dollar question. Right after "who is john galt, and why is he so verbose?" |
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Don't know him, but sounds like he was run out of here because the prevailing voice is hard right....
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Your critisism of our site aside, he was removed several times for trolling. |
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But what I always wanted to know, when he sends a Snail Mail letter out, does he used a pen, pencil or crayon to write with |
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You are just too new to "get it." When I first encounted him I didn't get him at all either. At first Imbro was one of the more brilliant minds here. His pantomime of the opposition painted them in their most accurate light. He was a independent thinker with a insightful perspective on the world. Mostly Libertarian in philosophy and harshly critical of the status quo of both sides. Then it seemed like he ran out of original material and became more of a parody of himself. More and more of what he posted was copy/paste drivel and largely unfounded. In the end he became something of a shock jock with nothing interesting or original to say and just seemed to enjoy peeing on the hornet nest. |
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"Uhh Alix I will take Crayon for 500$" |
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I am not criticising the site, (but if I felt it needed it, I'd be bold enough to dish it out come what may) and don't know the guy. It appeared from previous responses they just disagreed with him.... |
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He had a different point of view
A lot here can not stand that sort of thing to bad , I say. He is back under a different user name - different IP provider ......... we stay in touch |
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yeah i whas at pre-ban after my first banishment from ARFCOM and at first he semed like a good guy but now he is on my ignore list |
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he likes to help people and is fond of buffets.
he hangs out on that other board now if you would like to chat with him in person |
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As much as (1) people who knew him ridicule him, and (2) people who never knew him and just want to fit in - ridicule him, and (3) people who want to pound their chests and pledge undying love to the GOP, ridicule him as a right of passage even in their polls as a poll choice, I'd say you are going out on a limb by merely expressing any form of appreciation of him. |
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Personally, I thought he was funny as hell most of the time. Bizarre, but funny
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What I find utterly amazing is people's urged affiliation with party out of a real need to belong to the correct club. We all know the GOP has taken care of us as best they could, where as Dems have done everything possible to take 2nd amendment rights away, but in all honesty, when we are here talking to each other we can probably drop the party line and just be honest.
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AB |
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I honestly have no idea what you mean by this. |
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Of course he is. So is McUzi and others also banned. You think this is news? But they are not back under their "proper" name. How that must irritate their poor, damaged egos! |
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Wow - what was I thinking? Sorry guys...long day! |
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Is there a "Hidden meaning" here?..........The "Party line?" To clear the air:Fuck ALL liberal dimocratic scum sucking pigs. |
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Well, isn't he clever and aren't you special? |
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I don't think the majority, nor a substantial number, of members here affiliate with a party out of a politically correct need to "belong to the correct club". That sounds good in theory, but when you actually talk with members, you'll see they have one reason or another that drives them to a "group". Hell, you gave one my top two reasons for "affiliation" with the repubs. Doesn't mean I agree with all repubs. I really don't see a lot of "party line" talk- I'm actually pleasently surpised by the actual research and original thought a lot of members exhibit on this site. You might see correlations between members' views and some party positions, but one does not necessarily predicate the other. |
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yes it must for sure --------------- you cultivate a user name like a crop then --- being unable to use it ------ frustrating for sure. |
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luckily this site isn't about caring for everyone's feelings..... you piss off enough people for long enough, you're gonna get the boot. |
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He is the devil's advocate, the lover of DotD, a thought provoker, and the troll we love to hate.
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Imbroglio is an okay guy. Definately not a lemming or an ass kisser. I respect that.
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He was unique and not an arfcom sheeple...he posted what he thought and didn't care what other arfcomers thought of him. He was one of the ones who can think for themselves.
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Your words imply the rest of us have some type of "group think pile" from which we draw our beliefs. I have yet to find it. This site draws a large group of individuals--men, women, young, old, all races, wealthy, poor, etc.--who happen to be intelligent enough to draw their own conclusions about various issues. We've become close mostly due to the similarities of our beliefs. Imbroglio did NOT express any thought or "view"--he merely went to various websites whose themes are different than those espoused here, cut and pasted articles, and posted them. This is hardly anything he "thought" or represents any form of thinking for himself. You apparently did not notice he NEVER stuck around in his own thread to discuss the cut/paste crap, nor to post a single thought of his own--just a rehash of leftist drivel via cut/paste. I never even saw him claim to embrace the views expressed in his articles--he just posted them without comment. This doesn't break any rules, so he did it for 10,000+ posts--but it hardly makes him a "rebel" to be admired. If "views different than the typical AR15.com member" is a good/valuable/worthwhile thing, then I'd suggest anyone who thinks that way to go somewhere else, where they find the prevailing attitudes and board culture to be more to their liking. There are many more forum boards. As one example, DUh would have booted Imbroglio in his first post--not after 10,000+. Edit: I just remembered, he did have one original thread. He hacked up a huge, nasty, bloody gob of sputum from his lungs and posted a close up pic of it--then absolutely HOWLED with rage when it was removed. He fumed there was no rule which prevented the posting of pics of bloody sputum, and should therefore be allowed. I was a GD Mod at the time, and it was late at night, so Staff was unavailable. He would have been booted a year and a half sooner than he was if I had been working as Staff then. I wanted to add this in the interest of accuracy, as it was something "original" he posted. Real nice of him, don'tcha think?? |
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Oh he is most definitely still here, he follows the goings on and in fact he popped up over at Indystar.com the other day to stir the pot, probably as a result of a discussion and link here.
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From Cyanide:
Interesting, particularly considering the source. Imbro giving you your marching orders? There is a definite similarity in style & substance, or lack thereof. Did you just give up the annoying habit of posting stupid articles just to see the reaction? And then just change your handle to "Cyanide?" |
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I know with near absolute certainty Cyanide and Imbroglio are NOT the same man. |
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thank you beekeeper1 Imbro could go off the deep end every now and then. I overlooked it due to his other posts that were what I considered to be thought provoking. |
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ANd lets not forget that whole video taping people license plates at an organized shoot with fellow members from the boards.
Sgatr15 |
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Want to talk to Imbro?
Visit pre-ban, unfournately he still lurks there. |
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people make mistakes - must their mistake follow them their whole life ??? |
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I just made a mistake too, and I'm betting it won't follow me my whole life--I hit a wrong key and had to do an edit to fix it. Deliberately bringing a video camera to one of the first AR15.com shoots and hanging in the parking lot videotaping people's vehicles and license plates is not a "mistake" in my view--it's despicable and just plain creepy. I attend many AR15.com shoots, and if anyone does that while I am present they will watch their camcorder be used as our target, next to a bottle (or two) of Tannerite, and they may well be in for an ass kicking--and we will post about it FOREVER. Some "mistakes" just aren't made. |
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I never knew about that. This changes my view of him considerably.
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