A Sad Commentary

Looking at the comments on this site lately has been very disappointing for three reasons:

1. Personal infighting. Seriously? At this point in time, do we need to be arguing among ourselves instead of fighting evil. There are several apologies due that I will be watching for.
2. Foul language. I understand. As I said before, foul language does not validate any argument or point that you are trying to make. And it will not be shown on this site anyway since it will be deleted. Foul language also shows a character flaw: you will not be able to cope with stress in a sapient manner. I have seen it in training and if the same situation was on a real battlefield, the consequences would be deadly for you and your team. So yes, I evaluate team members on their skill, physical fitness, ability to follow an operation order AND trust on and off of the field. And I do not trust anyone who cannot maintain their senses or character on or off the battlefield.
3. Misinformation. When you see me comment with “Documentation”, I am giving you the opportunity to provide information to other readers for them to research and generate intelligence. I am not giving you the opportunity to attack me or someone else without facts.

I want to expand a little more on item 3. Here is a comment where I asked for more documentation:

Arrest the current and former CEO’s of the US Chamber of Commerce for bribing Congress to keep the border open. And execute them.

Here is the current CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce:

While I do not agree with some of her points, you can skip to 5:45 in the video to see her comment on illegal immigration. Now I have no doubt that the original commenter is a troll. I am disappointed on the number of up arrows given to his comment with no proof. Which of you who gave him an up arrow think Mrs. Clark is guilty of keeping the border open and deserves to be executed?

Now comes the hard part for my own self reflection. I believe that many people come to this site and do not post comments. They come for information. If this was not my site and I read the comments and up arrows supporting false accusations, accusations without verification and the execution of people without a trial, I would conclude that this is a government controlled site. And maybe that is the point of these trolls and FED plants because I know that this site is not associated with this evil regime which overthrew the Constitution.

I keep track of commenters but I have not taken action based on “feelings” and have given too much leeway on this site. If I have to add “Documentation” to a comment and it is not provided, you will be banned from future comments. I do not have any means to see who is giving up or down arrows but I can remove the plugin allowing them. I will hold off for now but I am leaning to taking them off. If you cannot cogently defend your comments concerning previous comments other than with a down arrow, you are either a troll, government plant or mentally incapable of defending your position.

So readers here have to make a decision. You can help make this a better site in which to spread valid information with limited access to trolls and FED propaganda or you can leave. For those who stay, please offer suggestions on how to improve comments.

David DeGerolamo