[greyfoxx39]

But that kind of on-thread attention to the latter allows him/her to play the e-martyr and further his own agenda. And so how I deal with him/her depends on more than what meets the eye and it may or may not be apparent on thread.

Well, it appears that agreeing with the poster regarding "tinkering" certainly allows him to "play the e-martyr and further his own agenda."

I do have to reiterate...after the names we have been called and accusations made against us, the attention given to someone feeling insulted by being called "Stormy" is quite unexpected. Perhaps the Inmans are mistaken in not making more of the personal slurs directed at us daily.

What were the directives made by you when we were called murderers, arsonists etc? I may have missed seeing them.

[Religion Moderator]

In order for a poster to be "making it personal" his remark must be addressed to another Freeper, personally.

It is not unusual for Catholics or Protestants to point out lethal persecutions and it would not be "making it personal" to accuse a group of murder, burning villages, etc. Likewise it would not be "making it personal" to point out Mormon v anti-Mormon violence (e.g. Nauvoo, Mountain Meadows) - or condemn a group of murder, etc.

If however one Freeper accuses another Freeper of being a murderer or arsonist, etc. that is clearly a personal attack and not allowed anywhere on Free Republic. Send me the links to any such claims by Freepmail and I will follow-up.

[Quix]

I thought being personally assaulted 24/7

was

!!!!TRADITION!!!!

around here.

Oh. I see. For some of us.