Once every week or so, he would start shrieking and blubbering at me like a coked-out howler monkey, to the effect that I was (direct quote) "a progressive fascist"; and that I was (somehow) being "emotion-based" by unfailingly responding to him with bland, infinite calmness that -- if he really, truly felt that way -- JimRob would almost certainly appreciate receiving proof of said assertion, and act accordingly upon receipt of same.
Thankfully, I've already raised a child from infancy to happy, healthy adulthood, so I know how to handle messy public tantrums on the part of huffy FReeper-come-latelies. ;)
Didn’t Johnnie get warned last week to take it easy on the personal attacks? I think the words left open the possibility of a time-out instead of an eviction.
Wonder which it was? Ban or suspension?
Yes, he did; and -- in lieu of any hard'n'fast "well, bye" on the part of JimRob -- I'm assuming the latter (but would be infinitely pleased by the much-needed airing out from which FR would immediately and inarguably benefit, if the former). ;)
Rare indeed is the FReeper who can make us miss the rationality, the moderation, and the politeness of pissant. But MNJohnnie was just one of those FReepers who gave his all to the cause of single minded zealotry.
He's the Team Mittens equivalent of an Obama Zombie: idolizing a ordinary, mortal human being as if a genuine deity, worthy of obsequiousness and servile worship. With his sophistry and abusiveness, he actively pushes fence-sitters away from his chosen messiah... and, tragically, isn't even self-aware enough to realize it.
I’d just like to note that The Coked-Out Howler Monkeys would be a great name for a band if you didn’t mind a little added police scrutiny.