All three off topic.

No bob, I can come up with my own words, but to use your words that you used against others while attempting to belittle them is just so much more fun, and shows what a hypocrite you really are.

And to make a point, when I said you were a “liar”, I was not calling you a name, merely stating a proven fact.

As to Willis’ reply, let me suggest this to the gentleman. If he cannot even come up with his own words, but has to plagiarize those of others, then how much credibility can he possibly have, except in his own mind.

From his posts to date, one can correctly surmise that even if one underlined the central point, then proceeded to identify and place each argument in support of it, including the sub-points, he still would not understand it. That is why he resorts to name calling and words such as “liar”, post#93, and questions the integrity and veracity and experience of others.

The last sentence of a book I recently read expresses it succinctly: “Tolerance is a virtue. Tolerance with apathy is a vice.” While some of us have great patience, and tolerate many things, there comes a point where intellectual charlatans like “Willis”, who believe they already know everything (the only real impediment to learning anything new), need to be “told off”, or at least an attempt made to do os. Some may allow others to set the rules, some of us do not.

The first post that left the topic in this thread was post #10

” Proteus
Posted May 6th, 2008 at 7:12 am PM This User Report this comment

American Patriot - please define “real Republican.” ”

And that’s just about the same time civil discourse disappeared.

But, I like your idea.

Oh sure, why not.

” Any person or group that would criticize or challenge the achievement of those goals is not only to be repressed but actually destroyed. He/she is first labeled an obstructionist, unpatriotic, a traitor, or all of these. That having been done, and the individual or group having been denigrated, the process moves on to the inevitable next step of eliminating them. ”

Pretty accurate Bob, would you care for more?

I have plenty.

Why is it that so many good people have quit using this board boobbie?

Is it because they got tired of being attacked for their opinions when they clashed with yours?

Here’s another

” Many individuals, when attempting to engage in discussion, will follow the entire thread, and recognize that it is not always “limited” to the beginning point, that it may veer off into points that need addressing, in particular when they have been used to buttress a position. Those who read an entire string, from an initial post (or letter in this case) will recognize which response applies to which prior post. Others will not, instead using the opportunity to come up with what they believe to be clever “zingers”, or a game of “tag.” Such individuals are all to easily identifiable and in their posts, all too often display little but an inability to think comprehensively.

Bombastic buffoons: ”

Bombastic buffoons, another pretty accurate description of your own actions against other users of this forum.

From the post #92 in this thread;

” As to your not wanting to have your “intelligence” insulted. I never insult anyones intelligence. I frequently do however, seriously question to what use, and how well they have used the potential of that intelligence. ”

You sir are a liar, that is what you specialize in.

And who made you the determining entity on how another person has used their intelligence? Bombastic buffoon fits very nicely.