Bob does the same thing.
I agree presuming everyone agrees with you is wrong. But no one seems to call Bob out on that other than Jim....hmmmm.....
I have done many times. Calling Bob out proves nothing - he doesn't care.
But Bob is not like Jim. He will not give up. He enjoys this stuff.
Since he discovered 'Craik, Young & Sinlair baiting' - it's his new weekend sport - a bit like bass boating.
Bob doesn't bother me because I understand him. Jim is not like Bob. He is trying to be right and proper but comes across as weak blustering and ineffectual if he tries to rejoinder using Bob's own tactics. That's never ever going to work. That's like adopting blitzkrieg tactics with a Rifle squad.
I suppose I kind of expect Jim to rise above this and find his own way of showing his frustrations at the 'opposition' - and that's why I and Mark prod him. It probably never ever occurred to Jim that we're
not his enemies. He adopted the classic (but ultimately fatal) position.
If you're not with me you must be against be. Translated into: if you don't yell at Bob it means you agree with him.
Nothing could be further than the truth...
There was a time before the election Bob was quite funny and erudite and I liked his delivery. I told him to put a brake on, and I'd help make him President. Well, he blew THAT in a large way, so I had to withdraw both my support and my funding and that's really what's happened.
It's kind of sad really...
Finally, before you ask. No, Mark and I have never ever discussed any of this together ever - truthfully. Check with him.