There is a difference between a critic and a lemming. And what I am criticizing is the lemminglike uniformity of those who swallowed the media's spin uncritically.
Someone who was actually able to think for themselves would be capable of asking themselves this question: "The mainstream media spin every story to benefit the left. Do they have an ulterior motive in their journalistic crusade against the Catholic Church?" But many FReepers proved themselves incapable of such critical analysis.
Ad hominem is a tactic of the weak.
I'm glad to hear you say that for two reasons:
(1) My argument was not based on ad hominem. The argumentum ad hominem is: "you're a bad guy, therefore what you say is wrong." That wasn't my argument, which you apparently didn't bother to reflect on for even a moment.
(2) You've employed ad hominem here against me, characterizing me as a compulsive with "weird" and "bizarre" aspects. Therefore, according to your formulation, you accuse yourself accurately of the same weakness which you inaccurately ascribed to me.