[mom of young patriots]

I knew someone like you would take that out of context. Did nothing else I wrote make an impression? Do you just cruise through comments looking for bits to criticize while ignoring the content as a whole? I don’t know why I even bother posting thoughtful comments on Free Republic. People like you are just looking to read an intent into it that was not meant and then accuse someone of immorality and try to damage their reputation.

NO. Dating does not have to mean sex. Not on the first date, not on the second date, not on the tenth date, not ever. But anyone with 2/3rd of a brain knows... Oh never mind. I am wasting my time with you.

[tomkat]

Don't let such get you down, and do not quit contributing !
As with any group of family or friends, there'll always be a subset who rankle.
I've been here long enough to have run into more than a few for whom nitpicking seemed to be a pathological necessity.
Without yielding one's convictions, more peace can be had by the occasional ceding of the 'last word' as a duck sheds the rain
Think of it as gifting the annoying with an empty 'victory' while shaking one's head at their sad desperation.  :-)

/.02