I think you (and some others on this thread) were way too hard on Standing in a Ditch. You may think that his idea was incredibly bad, although I've seen far worse ideas lauded on this board. I sincerely doubt that he could have raised a crowd for a protest at Cindy's personal residence, so the question is moot. For one thing, she isn't even there -- so a protest would be pointless.
But BillF and others jumped all over this new poster and accused him of ulterior motives when there really isn't any evidence of that. His comments seemed sincere to me, although impractical. To jump down someone's throat because they made a suggestion you don't like on their first day is rather unfriendly. Most people lurk for quite a while and only register when they have something to say.
My comment directed at JVB was tongue in cheek, as I have stood next to him at some of those rallies mentioned and was merely reminding him of that fact. Cindy has made herself a public figure through her publicity tours, so she is fair game for protest, just as any elected official is.
Actually, at this point the news media (and the Crawford neighbors) are no longer differentiating between Cindy's crowd and the anti-Cindy crowd. They'd just like to see everyone go home.
My first post (#37) on this was skeptical, but not that hard on Ditch. That post to Ditch partially quoted below was critical, but friendly.
I hope that you were just not thinking things through when you posted (I've made that mistake). If upon reflection, you really still think that this is a good idea, maybe your name is Ned (click here). :)
Then, I noticed his screen name corresponds to the location that Sheehan is at. He is "StandingInADitch," whereas the articles about Sheehan all refer to her and party camping out at a ditch, leading to my post #55.
Do you believe that Ditch's screen name is only coincidentally related to Sheehan's location? Or is the screen name an indication that most likely he is in the ditch with Sheehan either really or metaphorically?
Relative to JVB, I explained at #63 the difference between an official residence and a personal, non-official residence. Sheehan may now be a public figure, but so is Senator Buster in my #63. It still doesn't justify disturbing an otherwise peaceful residential (non-official) neighborhood.
I'm usually pretty friendly even to newcomers, but this time I believe that there is strong reason to believe that the person is an agent provocateur, a troll trying to embarrass FR. Please explain why, if you still think that I'm wrong about that.
Remember, there is very little available space for people and cars. We were all in ditches.[snip]
It was an honor to stand in that ditch, to watch these Americans demand accountability from the public servant over the hillside. [emphasis added]