Samseau's a good guy. I had lunch with him a couple years ago when I was passing through a major city on the East Coast. You have to understand that he's an East Coast dude with a lot of restless energy who likes to debate and argue. I can dig that.
Sometimes this kind of outspoken style doesn't "translate" well to someone who is just reading words on a computer monitor from a distance.
Samseau is a guy who is often misunderstood. When you only have a screen to read, and lack the personal cues and non-verbal "tells" of one-on-one communication, it can be hard for people to know when words are meant to be taken literally, and when they're said with dramatic flair to make a rhetorical point. And this can sometimes lead to misunderstandings.
I don't always agree with everything he says, but that's a good thing. All of us need our ideas and preconceptions challenged--sometimes directly--by other viewpoints. Keeps us all on our toes!
Sometimes this kind of outspoken style doesn't "translate" well to someone who is just reading words on a computer monitor from a distance.
Samseau is a guy who is often misunderstood. When you only have a screen to read, and lack the personal cues and non-verbal "tells" of one-on-one communication, it can be hard for people to know when words are meant to be taken literally, and when they're said with dramatic flair to make a rhetorical point. And this can sometimes lead to misunderstandings.
I don't always agree with everything he says, but that's a good thing. All of us need our ideas and preconceptions challenged--sometimes directly--by other viewpoints. Keeps us all on our toes!