I'm sorry about what happened with you and Bob J, but I think Bob is a good man. I think the same thing of Melas and wtc911. I don't consider them to be any of the things you said about them. I look upon them as people who are willing to speak their minds and not just go along with the crowd. I understand that this quality was once greatly admired here.
Total cognative dissonance. See, Bob J was attempting to be an internet bully with me. You remember the events clearly. He, of course, picked the wrong guy -- I not only accepted his 'doxing' but proceeded to fill in additional details he missed! :)
But the problem is, your definition of a 'good man' and mine differs. I don't view Bob as a BAD man, per se, but certainly a very broken one. Further, you claim you despise bullying, but then embrace the 'bully'. No consistency there.
I think the same thing of Melas and wtc911. I don't consider them to be any of the things you said about them. I look upon them as people who are willing to speak their minds and not just go along with the crowd. I understand that this quality was once greatly admired here.
Well gosh then! John Wayne Gacy didn't go along with the crowd... and Karl Marx was willing to speak his mind!
These personality traits, 'not going along with the crowd' and 'being willing to speak ones mind' are not so stellar that they outweigh the content of the message or the direction of the travel. If the message is hideous, or if the direction of travel is harmful, then these are not postive qualities... though you are embracing these people, presumptively, simply because they possess these traits.
Unless perhaps you DO embrace Melas', Bob J's, and wtc911's messages, but do not have the courage to boldly state that.