By the way, he started.
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You are a well educated and intelligent grown up. I doubt that you are a prodigy posting here on Free Republic.
“He started it!” , is something I hear from my preschool grandchildren ( with appropriate foot stamp, pout, injured expression, and whine).
Mr(s.) Wintertime. We're all big boys and girls here. If someone lobs an ad hominem insult at me, I'm probably going to respond in kind. If you've got a problem with that, I'm not sure I can help you.
The fact of the matter is this thread was chugging along at well over 400 hundred posts, with me contributing more than a fair amount. And there were plenty of passionate but considerate disagreements. That is until an certain unnamed party started in with the name calling.
I love engaging in intellectual debate and discourse. If someone wants to go down a different road, I can accommodate that as well. But I won't be bullied or browbeat. Deal with it.