Quote from rgelite:
It's a good point and I'm with you. This is just the latest example of a horrid trend I've noticed on ET lately and which I think Baron would be wise to address sooner rather than later. That trend includes, among other idiocies, references to the President of the United States as "the little shit" and as a "mad dog." And now this.
I speak of trend as a student of markets, in this case the market of some posters' vile. Agree with the Bush policies, don't agree with them, fine. Political discourse is wonderful, a protected Right in the U.S. And I've read ideas on all sides of the aisle here that are thoughtful.
But these latest examples aren't political discourse; these can only be characterized as unadulterated hatred for the President. And when posts so clearly indicate an intellectual bankruptcy with a blind underlying rage that is so out of control it compares Bush with Bin Laden, calls him a little shit, or a mad dog, then there are very few steps remaining in such a trend before someone thinks it's okay to tip over the edge. And the result will be that serious people will make Baron's life very difficult, as a prelude to making these posters' lives very, very difficult even if they eventually "win" in court.
Baron, in my opinion this unfortunate trend needs to be reversed or at least quiesced before someone loses whatever marginal emotional control they have left and, in their next fit of vile, writes something that indeed becomes actionable. If for no one elses sake but your own and the positive value that ET provides to the rest of us.
Cheers.
