I, too, don’t understand why the Mods are protecting his/her goading, disingenuous, fundamentally dishonest behavior on this thread. Obviously did not want to defend his/her opinion with facts; just insults. His/her every post contains as many “I”, “me”, “my” and “myself” words as an Obama speech.
Claimed to know the FR rules.
Claimed not to know the FR rules.
Claimed immunity from criticism due to being a recent poster.
Claimed the right to aggressive insullts due to be a long-time lurker.
Claimed not to know how to research a point, but failed to utilize two posts that provided links on that point.
Boasted of knowing how to use Google and Wayback.
Condescends to others.
Whines that others are condescending.
Plays games.
Whines that others are playing games.
Hijacked a thread with a stated topic by the OP and insisted it was about his/her point of view instead.
Claimed s/he was being attacked by people asking him/her to stick to the topic.
Openly stated that many people change their sign-ins from time to time, as if this normal FR behavior.
Bristled at being called a retread due to an obvious pattern of insider trolling.
etc etc
I realize that you, nopardons, can sometimes be prickliy to deal with; but come on—easily 90% of the other posters objected to her/his behavior. Ruined what could have been a very good thread. The one poster who supported him/her joined in with a litany of ad hominems and complaints about FR rather than join the topic, and has thrown around insults on other threads (and was called out for it here by someone other than me, who has experienced the same thing).
Respectfully asking for a reconsideration.
Great post AW! Maybe the young’n nOOb troll will read it and learn something, maybe not though. Go get ‘em Sarah Palin!
And as far as my being "prickly", stupidity sticks in my craw, as do TROLLS and liars! So upon seeing such posts, my hackles rise.I do fight back and am blunt!
OTOH....I do post quite a lot of factual history posts, agree and/or cheer on other posters who post really good replies, and am usually not just "civil", but cordial.
“I realize that you, nopardons, can sometimes be prickliy to deal with; but come on—easily 90% of the other posters objected to her/his behavior. Ruined what could have been a very good thread.
This was a good thread. Just because I defended myself from several insulters is why you take offense?