Says the man who just got through calling me a vile liar, and has consistently done so...
Read the thread, who started out the crap here? Wasn't me, Swordmaker, but one of your fellow Macolytes.
Buh bye, Swordmaker!
I called you "vile," which means "extremely unpleasant," not a "vile liar." And you are a "liar." But the concepts are separate. The two do not go together.
You are vile because of the way you attacked RachelFaith with ad hominem slurs and insults, most of which were untrue. You offended me, along with many others, by violating the netiquette and the civility of FreeRepublic with your open hostility and language in your vile response to RachelFaith. It showed you are no gentleman and are without honor. Instead of civilly responding to her accusation, you escalated beyond reason. I was not brought up to treat women the way you treated RachelFaith. I'm a conservative, not a Liberal, I will not standby while someone else does... especially when I agree that she was right about your "facts."
I'm a conservative and truth matters to me. It should matter to all conservatives. It should matter to you. You are a liar because of the way you exaggerate and present non-facts as though they were facts—and mis-represent your evidence—and then belittle those who dare to criticize your evidence. You also refuse to recant when you have been proved to be wrong on those non-facts and your evidence has been shown to mis-represented... and repeat the same things again and again after they've been refuted. You refuse to acknowledge proof that refutes your evidence, and then deny saying things, even in the face of direct citation of your very words... continuing and repeating the offending mis-statements of facts or misrepresentations, and re-linking to the already discredited "evidence."
Apologize to RachelFaith and I will revise my opinion of your character as "vile," Recant the untruthful claims you have presented—withdraw them—and I will withdraw the characterization of your honesty. Simple as that. You and I have had civil discourse in the past. We can again.
Stop using Ad Hominems, such as "Macolytes," "Macbots," and "kneeling" or "worshipping in front of Steve Jobs," or any of the denigrating, nasty ways of belittling Mac/Apple users that you and other anti-Apple posters use when addressing Apple/Mac/iPhone users and you and I can get along fine. Again, simple as that.
When you post information you believe is of value to Apple Mac/iPhone/iPad users on FreeRepublic and want to reach them, ping me to it. I WILL ping the list, which now has more than 480 members. Don't leave me and them to find it late. I have a life outside of FreeRepublic and am not here 24/7 to catch everything by chance. If you want people to know... that's the best way to do it.
Don't criticize me for participating... This is not your personal thread. It's an open forum. Don't criticize me for correcting false or mis-leading information. I WILL do that.
You have accused me of bringing my "cronies" along with me. I have pinged the people you have been accusing and offending... who are interested. Not cronies. If that were the case, I could bring far more than 480 freepers with me to each and every post. I don't.
Finally, I assure you I have had many posts, public (which I am sure you have seen and ignored)—and many, many more private—condemning your, and your crony's activities and behavior, from the ping list and non-ping list Freepers in the past week, thanking and praising me for keeping the Mac/Apple list, my activities in keeping people updated and informed of things involving the products they use and like, and PUTTING UP WITH YOU and others like you.
Many of them have told me they are NOT interested in your remedial lessons on how bad Apple/iPhones/Macs are. Some have publicly told you. You are far outnumbered.