Stephen (as much as I love him) is not someone I recognize as someone I need to answer to. This thread is about the continuing overreach of the Fed and it morphed into a thread about how the cool kids the have no problem with it. It's not about me, but I do recognize the need for progressives to shut up the opposition to their ideology.
I'm glad I'm finally one of the cool kids, but I never said that I was OK with it, simply that the response by people like you was a little over the top. You should probably answer the question, because I'm not the only one asking. You have zero credibility here anymore because all you ever do is show up when there is a "crisis" and then start casting stone, stirring pots, posting ridiculous one liners and stupid memes. You never offer anything constructive.
The first rule of intellectual debate is the first person who resorts to name calling and personal attacks looses.
I love it, this is your standard response every time you get backed into a corner. Dude, you insult people constantly on here. Even your little "cool kids" comments are meant to be demeaning.
You were the first one to make a personal attack in this thread by saying that "cool kids" (people who disagree with you, and thus are less intelligent than you) are "useful idiots". All I've done is tell you to nut up or shut up.
I even asked very nicely! So if you are unable to have an adult conversation, where your feel bads can sometimes get hurt, maybe you should go back to the
kiddie table.
And while we're on the subject of trolls, I fully acknowledge that to owners/modz on RME as far from even-handed when enforcing their own rules, but isn't there a rule about trolling serious discussions?
It was a serious discussion until you got involved. Look at your posts. Have any of them been useful? No. Have you offered one shred of valuable information? No. Have you talked about solutions, about how to effect change? No. If you're going to start calling people trolls, look at the mirror. You only show up here anymore when there is a chance to piss people off.