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“you have attempted to slander my character. Numerous times.”

Isn’t accusing someone of slander and act of slander? Or would it depend on whether the accusation is true? And if the answer is that it depends on whether accusations are true, then wouldn’t that also apply to the specific critiques of character flaws that are being demonstrated by a person on this forum but are being rebuffed with accusations of “slander”?

“all you have is insane and strident personal attacks against me for my opinions”

How can a rational person simultaneously accuse someone of “personal attacks” while attempting to label that person as “insane” and “strident”? Do rational people make such statements?

“Criticism of a public figure is not a ‘personal vendetta’ but what you have attempted to do to me on FR... amounts to it.”

It is possible to criticize a public figure such as Ted Cruz without it being a personal vendetta. I have. But it is also possible for some people on this forum make it a personal vendetta. There is no blanket immunity.

In practical terms, a personal attack is whatever the administrator considers it to be.

I’d say if a person were to call a member of this forum the Devil or Anti-Christ, that would be an example of a personal attack.

I’d also say that such a person not having the integrity to admit that this behavior was wrong and apologize for it, and then accusing someone else of “personal attacks” would make such a person a HYPOCRITE.

I’d also say that a person who delights in dredging up two-year-old campaign garbage to insult a candidate and hides behind excuses of that candidate being a “public figure” while also mocking and maligning those who disagree AND then complains of “personal attacks” is both thin-skinned AND hypocritical.

Just because a person is entitled to have opinions and express them, does not mean such a person has the right to demand that others not disagree with them or point out the flaws in these opinions.

And since we are discussing opinions we are entitled to, I have another. My opinion is that people who go on discussion forums and demand to have the first and last word on every subject and can never admit their obvious wrongs have severe ego problems—probably narcissistic and borderline sociopathic. My opinion is that people who insist on making others endure their tedious opinions but then tell others not to reply, or to go away, or that they are not going to bother reading a response demonstrates that such a person does not have the maturity or emotional stability to be a useful contributor to such a forum. Such a person is simply hijacking a forum that belongs to someone else.

“it’s a mistake for Trump to back Cruz.” [from #54]

I’ll stick with President Trump rather than the OPINION you expressed that the president is wrong to support Ted Cruz.

I think the rally he holds with tens of thousands of people who do not share your opinion will validate President Trump’s decision, the candidacy of Ted Cruz, and me, along with every reasonable person on this forum who KNOWS that Cruz losing this race would be a disaster for Trump and America with devastating consequences.

Most people on this forum have the good sense to recognize the obviousness of this. Even many who can’t stand Ted Cruz openly state they will support him because the alternative is unthinkable.

Too bad there are HYPOCRITES and NARCISSISTS who participate on conservative forums, trying to blend in with conservatives, and are apparently compelled by their DELUSIONS to keep attacking someone who sane people understand must win this election.

I’ll allow you and others on this forum decide who these things apply to based on the behavior of such persons. That way it is not personal, unless of course a person’s own conscience condemns him or HER.