OK, I read your FR home page - and I think I know where you are coming from now. So, with due respect, and I mean that, I offer the following thoughts:
A: I have not bitten, and will not bite, on your doubts about my credentials on my page. You are free to believe them or not, and I don’t mean that snarkily. Just literally.
B: You find my credentials far more interesting and relevant than do most posters. I have hardly given that home page a second thought since I quickly posted it. This is only an observation, not a criticism.
C : You mention a deep concern over the tone of how folks conduct their discourse. No doubt my tone offended that. I find it interesting however that you found no problem with the tone aimed at me. Most of my sharper comments were actually direct responses to attacks on me. Is that a justification? Perhaps not. But I do find it very interesting that you only saw it from one direction when it clearly was cross fire.
Much of FR debate is just that.
D: Far as I am concerned, we are all more or less on the same side here and I’m just doing “sport debate.”
E: My wife is a Christian adventure author, and may be interested in a beta trade with you.
sorry you took offense, none was intended. The birther crowd has been extremely insulting to me at every opportunity for many months. Perhaps I bring that baggage to these threads.
Here we go again. You seem mired in the notion that I am taking offense. I’m not. I comment on things as objectively as I can, and sometimes a post so jumps out at me that I weigh in. Equating that w taking offense is just not logical. If I said a certain remark made by Obama was “obnoxious”, would you assume I was offended? I’m guessing the answer is yes. In fact, I can and do make such assessments w’out taking the matter personally. Obama has a knack for being obnoxious. It comes w the Malignant Narcissist territory. I’m not required to be offended by every obnoxious thing he does or says, nor am I. I just note it for the record and move on.
Likewise, I simply noted [last night] an over-the-top obnoxious remark you made, and added a couple of inquiries about it. I do admit to having my doubts. How could you be a featured AT writer and a Rush ‘ghost contributor’ and yet be either so clueless when it comes to making repugnant statements, or else just be so uncaring? Something doesn’t add up.
I’m not aware of having insulted you. Yes, I did call you immature. That is my honest assessment, and there is no malice or unkindness intended. I hope I’m wrong, and that you’re actually a reasonably mature person who only comes off otherwise due to a ‘snarky’ [your word not mine] mode of posting. Though given the first comment of yours to which I responded, I find such a hopeful interpretation unlikely.
Got one more thing to say, but look for FReepmail. It’s not for general consumption.