[A.J.Armitage]

And of course the endless attempts to pass this persecution off as reasoned discourse, honest examination, and a willingness to examine the warts in the past.

The it be noted that White Mountain again insists that free speech he happens to dislike is persecution.

[White Mountain]

Your #926:

See the paragraph before and the one after the one you quoted, and indeed the case I make in the entire post.

Should I have gone on longer to describe adequately the difference between free speech I happen to dislike and persecution?