Respectfully Submitted by Lawrence Rafferty (rafflaw)-Guest Blogger
When it comes to the Second Amendment and guns, it seems that President Obama can’t make anyone happy. Ever since Obama announced his candidacy for the Presidency, the NRA has screamed that Obama will be taking away the guns. This scare tactic continued when Obama defeated John McCain for the Presidency. Just what has Barack Obama done to make the NRA and gun owners frightened for their guns? The simple answer to this question is nothing. The head of the National Rifle Association, Mr. Wayne LaPierre actually admitted recently that Obama has done nothing to attack gun owner’s rights to bear arms, but claims Obama’s inaction against guns is actually a conspiracy to take away guns!! ‘ “[The Obama campaign] will say gun owners — they’ll say they left them alone,” LaPierre told an audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday. “In public, he’ll remind us that he’s put off calls from his party to renew the Clinton [assault weapons] ban, he hasn’t pushed for new gun control laws… The president will offer the Second Amendment lip service and hit the campaign trail saying he’s actually been good for the Second Amendment.” “But it’s a big fat stinking lie!” the NRA leader exclaimed. “It’s all part of a massive Obama conspiracy to deceive voters and destroy the Second Amendment in our country.” ‘ Raw Story
Now, before anyone thinks I am making this stuff up, the linked site includes a video clip wherein Mr. LaPierre verbalizes this alleged reverse conspiracy. Mr. LaPierre makes a point of throwing in the necessary names of alleged liberal co-conspirators to rev up his base. ‘ “Sotomayor, Kagan, Fast & Furious, the United Nations, executive orders. Those are the facts we face today… President Obama and his cohorts, yeah, they’re going to deny their conspiracy to fool gun owners. Some in the liberal media, they are already probably blogging about it. But we don’t care because the lying, conniving Obama crowd can kiss our Constitution!” ‘
The lying, conniving Obama crowd as Mr. LaPierre labels them has not done anything to harm the Second Amendment rights that the NRA claims to be at risk. I was interested in the last few words of LaPierre’s quotation above. The phrase “kiss our Constitution” appears to lay claim that the NRA and its followers own the Constitution and its protections. I could have sworn that my law school Constitutional professors taught me that the Constitution protects all citizens, but maybe I heard them wrong. But, I digress.
As the Raw Story article suggests, President Obama has actually taken heat from his own supporters over his alleged conspiracy to not take away the guns. NPR Does Mr. LaPierre provide any evidence of this bizarre claim? None that I could find. Maybe you will have better luck than me in finding evidence of presidential actions to hide President Obama’s intentions and/or actions of stealing legal guns from their owners.
I have to admit that if you read the comments section of the NPR article that details how the Left is disappointed with Obama’s inaction on gun control, you will read almost nothing except gun owners claiming that Obama’s words of inaction are actually code words that the End is Near and the Sky is Falling for gun owners! Just what will it take gun owners to ask Mr. LaPierre for evidence of his wild claims? I, for one would love to hear his answer to that question. I understand that candidate and President Obama may have stayed away from the 2nd Amendment issues for political reasons, but where is the evidence of this alleged conspiracy? I would think Fox News would be sending Bill O’Reilly’s reporters all over the country to uncover such a heinous conspiracy.
If Mr. Obama has not written any executive orders or supported additional legislative steps to control or take away guns since he has become President, just what is the basis for these wild claims? I realize that the NRA has a financial interest in getting gun owners scared into buying more guns, but are there other, underlying reasons why the gun owners are frightened so easily, when the facts do not support the NRA’s claims?
Respectfully submitted by Lawrence Rafferty (rafflaw)- Guest Blogger
Additional sources: Gun Owners of America; NRA-ILA; Pajamas Media;
I’m not sure anymore Bron. I used to snark at Ann Althouse and others that would say how they didn’t leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left them. Now, I feel my ears burn.
[rant on]
This is one of the most dysfunctional web communities I’ve encountered.
I cannot believe the antics they support and defend in the name of fighting the Koch Brothers and the Tea Partiers and sniffing out the evil doers and this blog’s axis of evil and double agents.
I was out with my daughter today when it struck me, so I looked online, and sure enough I found that a famous documentary was made in 1960 about this very blog, and in it, right there is our charming rogue’s gallery. Mike S is there. Otteray Scribe is there. Kevin Kesseler’s there. Gene’s there.
Sadly, I could not find it on youtube, but here it is:
http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/7051963
@Mike, you’re not the iconoclast you think you are. My constant reading of you gives me the impression of a standard, and cliched trope. So if you want to find the monsters at this blog, look in a mirror.
Mike S, don’t start
telling me who’s dangerous and who isn’t and
who’s safe and who’s a menace. (He turns to
the group and shouts.) And you’re with him,
too—all of you! You’re standing here all set
to crucify—all set to find a scapegoat—all
desperate to point some kind of a finger at a
neighbor! Well now, look, friends, the only thing
that’s gonna happen is that we’ll eat each other
up alive—
Sure Mike, I’m an alien monster from outerspace for pointing out the theories here about newcomers to the blog, about sockpuppets, about conservatives, about tea partiers, about the Koch Brothers are at times nonsensical, bigoted, contrary to known science and engineering and beyond the pale. Because my brain still works, even when the power was turned off in yours.
By the way Mike, ask Gene, it’s Retard Gene’s principle that says you were not hacked. Personally, I don’t believe in Retard Gene’s principle in cyberspace, and think it’s certainly the case you may have been hacked, but then, I have an agenda… Don’t I Mike. So don’t call out me for mocking you, it’s been Gene with his Retard Principle that has been laughing at you this entire time. Or maybe, Gene doesn’t know shit.
So it can’t be I simply disagree with you, Mike. You’ve found a pattern, and I must be a monster.
…
Figure One. Understand the procedure now?
Just stop a few of their machines and radios
and telephones and lawn mowers. . . . Throw
them into darkness for a few hours, and then
just sit back and watch the pattern.
Figure Two. And this pattern is always the same?
Figure One. With few variations. They pick
the most dangerous enemy they can find . . .
and it’s themselves. And all we need do is sit
back . . . and watch.
Figure Two. Then I take it this place . . .
this Maple Street . . . is not unique.
Figure One (shaking his head ). By no means.
Their world is full of Maple Streets. And we’ll
go from one to the other and let them destroy
themselves. One to the other . . . one to the
other . . . one to the other—
Scene Three
(The camera slowly moves up for a shot of the starry
sky, and over this we hear the Narrator’s voice.)
Narrator. The tools of conquest do not necessarily
come with bombs and explosions and
fallout. There are weapons that are simply
thoughts, attitudes, prejudices—to be found
only in the minds of men. For the record,
prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.
A thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat
has a fallout all its own for the children . . .
and the children yet unborn, (a pause) and
the pity of it is . . . that these things cannot
be confined to . . . The Turley Blog
It’s vile and disgusting how well this episode mirrors so many threads at this blog, and right wingers had nothing to do with that. Our favorite regulars are the ones that keep rewriting this script.
Take your theories of the Koch Brothers and Evil Hackers and evil Tea Partiers and Retard Gene’s Principle and shove them up your ass.
[rant off]
Slarts,
You may be right about Warren in 2016!
Bron,
This is why you are completely wrong:
Hopefully Elizabeth Warren will win back Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat from Scott Brown next year (she just entered the race and is already the frontrunner). Personally, I think that the best chance for our country lies in electing her president in 2016…
Elaine,
Thanks for the links.
Donald Trump: Not As Great A Businessman As He Claims To Be
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/donald-trump-not-as-great-a-businessman-as-he-claims-to-be/
Excerpt:
Ed Morrissey notes that Donald Trump’s actual business history isn’t quite as great as he likes to pretend:
Trump’s Taj Mahal casino had to go through bankruptcy, which cost Trump half of the casino. The Trump Plaza Hotel next went through bankruptcy, which caused him to lose 49% of the hotel and resign from its management. Two years ago, Trump Entertainment Resorts filed for Chapter 11, and in 2008 his Trump International Tower in Chicago defaulted on a $40 million loan. In response, Trump blamed the global economic collapse and tried to have it declared an Act of God to relieve himself of responsibility for the default.
That’s not exactly a great track record for a chief executive. It’s worth noting that his own investors have booted him from management at these holdings after his risk-taking and failures.
*****
Donald Trump’s Scam School Gets Sued
http://gawker.com/5530699/donald-trumps-scam-school-gets-sued
Bron,
Did I say it was illegal? It’s much easier to make money when you already have money. I still wonder where Trump would be today if he hadn’t been born on third base.
I didn’t bring up the Kochs or Soros. I have no great love for any of them.
*****
More join lawsuit against Donald Trump over failed Tampa tower
http://beta2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2010/jan/15/more-join-lawsuit-against-donald-trump-over-failed-ar-55355/
Excerpt:
TAMPA —
Ten more individuals and companies have joined a lawsuit against The Trump Organization and Donald Trump, saying they were duped into investing millions of dollars in the failed Trump Tower Tampa Project. There are now 41 plaintiffs, and they say they purchased because they thought Trump himself was building the property.
The real developer was SimDag/Robel LLC. Trump leased his name to be used on the project to induce buyers to purchase, according to the lawsuit, which was originally filed in November in Hillsborough County Circuit Court. Because of jurisdictional reasons, the suit has been moved to federal court in Tampa.
*****
Donald Trump Sued In New Lawsuit Over Failed Project
http://www.luxist.com/2010/03/09/donald-trump-facing-new-lawsuit-over-failed-project/
Looks like the saga of the failed Trump Ocean Resort Baja is far from over. Radar Online has documents that show a new lawsuits has recently been filed by seven investors in the project. The individuals sued not just Donald Trump but his children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump and others saying they were ” duped into buying hotel-condominium units that were never built.” The plaintiffs have asked for punitive damages of no less than $10 million dollars.
The lawsuit details the many ways that the plaintiffs feel like they were swindled by Trump. They were led to believe that Trump was directly involved when instead it was a licensing deal. The lawsuit produces evidence including newspaper stories to prove that the project was widely known as a Trump project and that Ivanka Trump and Donald J. Trump, Jr. attended key sales events for the project and announced that they would be purchasing units in the project.
What was to be a 526-suite luxury project with a spa, swimming pool, restaurants and shops has instead turned into an abandoned excavation site with six cement pads sitting on it. The lawsuit papers say that Trump and the developer Irongate did not have financing and construction permits approved before the sales and that the site itself had contamination and mold issues. There is also an allegation that certain “favored” buyers were allowed to purchase without a deposit while others including the plaintiffs were forced to tender hefty sums before purchase.
Last year after a first lawsuit in which investors sued Donald Trump and Los Angeles developer Irongate Wilshire over the failure of the Trump Ocean Resort Baja Mexico, Trump filed a lawsuit of his own. His lawsuit accessed Irongate Wilshire’s principals of not following through on the plans for the five-star resort which bore his name. At that time Trump claimed that he was “unfairly targeted” by the buyers’ lawsuit because he was not a developer of the project but the latest lawsuit does indicate that his family’s involvement may have gone deeper than a name.
Elaine M:
So what, is it illegal?
Dont like the law, change it.
Trump has many businesses, he doesnt just self promote. But that is a good skill to have in the business world. I had never even heard of the Kochs until a year ago from people on this thread. But I had heard of George Soros, I guess he is also one of the self promoters.
anon:
you make a good deal of sense. Are you sure you are a 21st century liberal?
Mike S,
I have been accurate the entire time, and actually very polite towards you and your numerous misreadings and misunderstandings of what I wrote.
For example, regarding heart issues, I wrote specifically this:
Also, on a completely unrelated note, I was surprised, saddened, glad to learn of your heart issues. And interested to learn about transplant cafe. I’m not where you are, but I think I’ll be getting open heart #3 soon, and that’s due to a birth defect and apparently a body just really annoyed with the various replacement valves.”
READ THAT MIKE.
It says:
1. I am not where you are.
2. I’ll be getting open heart #3 soon.
3. That’s due to a birth defect and apparently a body really annoyed.
4. ANNOYED WITH WHAT MIKE?
5. REPLACEMENT VALVES.
Mike, what is the most common congenital heart defect, and the fix for that?
The two anomalies in the above is that I say “glad” and I express an interest in transplant cafe, and when asked, what do I say?
“My interest in transplantcafe is that it is good and interesting to see a great support community.”
And actually my dad founded a support community for his rare disease in the offline days of ditto machines.
Which is why I have an interest in support communities, and am glad you found a good one.
Since in my profession, I have helped develop software to create forums (like this one) and online communities, like transplantcafe, and since I’ve had my own health issues including “I’ll be getting open heart #3 soon”, can you understand why I am interested in support communities for heart issues?
Mike, you have read and misread and misunderstood and misconstrued and thought suspiciously about practically everything about me in this thread.
I can’t help that. That speaks to your issues. It quite literally speaks to nothing I have written, as I have provided links and explanations of almost everything I’ve said.
I think you and OS are clearly intelligent enough to read links from the wiki and a few other places and verify for yourselves that what I’ve said was true.
But apparently, not.
Somewhat shockingly, you took detailed explanations with links attached to them and subordinated them to Gene’s arguments even though Gene provided, mostly, nothing but vague generalities.
I actually find that interesting to see how supposedly intelligent people will value easily debunked technobabble explanations that come from long known and named sources over accurate and true explanations that come from anonymous and short term acquaintances. Nothing surprising in that, but it is interesting from both an anonymous speech aspect. It’s also an expression of Arthur C. Clarke’s Third Law?
And then in a discussion of whether someone is anonymous on the internet and could be found a pretty whimsical scenario directed at Gene H WHO HAD BY THEN CALLED ME A PANTS LOAD THREE TIMES.
What Mike does a PANTS LOAD refer to Mike?
It refers to having filled your pants with shit. That is, crapping your pants. That is, losing your bowels in your pants. That is, defecating in your pants.
Well, what would anyone do who has that problem happen to them regularly?
So I want to provide a humorous scenario of a foul deed that would make Gene and others want to find me. Given that it’s the internet, and way to easy to misconstrue threats, there is no way I’m going to make anything that sounds like a real threat of physical violence.
Since Gene has been telling people that I regularly crap my pants, well, yeah, I may as well go there and reflect that back onto him, and portray him as having a diaper fetish.
And the outrageous, clearly not a threat hypothetical was that I was going to rub spicy chili pepper in his diapers.
Now, again, if you can go from that discussion in which I don’t think you were referred to once, to believing I was mocking you, again, that speaks much more to your issues than anything else.
The whole world does not revolve around you Mike. Not even this thread, which has careened wildly from one issue to another.
I’ve been entirely truthful and sincere throughout this thread. I’ve explained my positions repeatedly, and provided links, explanations, and support from other sources.
Get over yourself Mike, and be well in the New Year.
Bron,
Filing for corporate bankruptcy more than once helped Trump hold onto his fortune. I believe he makes most of his money by selling the Trump name. He is indeed a very successful self promoter.
*****
Lots of people work hard…lots have more than one job. Some people–no matter how hard they work–still struggle to achieve/maintain a middle class life style.
One has to wonder where Trump would be today if he didn’t belong to the “lucky sperm club.”
Mike:
I have had help from people but they didnt have to help me, they werent forced to help me.
When I as in college I had 3 very well paying good jobs, I got them by writing letters and taking a bit of risk by going to the state in which one was located and saying I received your letter and here I am. I was hired.
That job led to the other 2, one from a complete stranger who took a chance on some kid writing him a letter. The third was because I had some experience from the other 2. You could say I made my own luck.
I see the world exactly as it is and have no illusions about my abilities or how well I could do in a different economy. I would probably do about the same, the only difference being I would have a little more money in my pocket.
The left always thinks that if someone is wealthy they had all kinds of help or it was merely luck. I would say that is pretty delusional. I didnt see you helping me when I used to work 16 hours a day and 8 on Saturday and 4 on Sunday for almost 10 years to get to the point where I could relax a bit. I didnt see Slarti help me with medical expenses and I didnt see Buddha is Laughing giving me free legal advice.
I havent achieved what I wanted to, but that is my fault not societies and not our current tax systems. Although I could have used the money I spent in taxes for additional equipment or to hire one more worker. Which would have helped not only me but the equipment producer and the worker that didnt get hired. But all in all it depends on how smart you are, how hard you are willing to work and how much you want to be successful. At least that is what I have figured out. Luck has a small part to play and so does getting a break from a stranger.
But then had I not taken the course of study I took and had I not had other jobs that I could place on a resume to show these strangers that I was willing to work, they may not have hired me.
You say I am deluded, fine. I have health issues too but my friends didnt abandon me, quite the contrary, they help me any time I ask and gladly. I consider myself lucky to have such caring people as friends. I wonder what that says about you and what that says about me since you have said your friends didnt hang around during your time of need?
You really dont get it, maybe someday you will.
By the way Trump started out with a 50 million dollar option on a property, a rich father and a business degree from Wharton. He is now a multi-billionaire with 3 fine children who he is grooming to take over the business.
How many people who started with those advantages are now billionaires and how many are broke and how many are, like the Kennedy’s, doing nothing and living on daddy’s money?
Trump admits he was born into the lucky sperm club. I have heard him say it, but he took that lucky start and has multiplied it more than most can or would have. I think he has earned it at this point.
2 differing views of reality Mike, mine and yours. From what I can see around me, you guys on the left are the ones who are wearing tinted lenses on your glasses and have no understanding of the human soul.
Since unfortunately I have had so much to do with the impetus for sidetracking this thread I feel that in the spirit of my holiday past I should bring some closure. This will be my last comment on this thread, because unfortunately what was a quite good and pertinent post by Raff was taken in an unfortunate direction, no doubt turning off quite a few new voices in the process. Capt. J., for instances, leading his men in a dangerous place must have viewed what ensued after his measured comments, with disgust and disaffection. If so that is our loss here as I think he would have made quite valuable contributions in the future.
My computer system has been swept by a computer technician I had to bring in and I was also given the tools to sweep it on my own by the generous dint of a security expert. In neither event, it turns out, was there any evidence of my system being hacked. However, while that has been a relief to myself and my wife, I’m still not quite certain that it wasn’t done.
While the most reasonable explanation, given the expert intervention, is that the dual personae of NL & NW merely were cyber “stalking” myself and my wife, which in itself is very creepy, it is still not clear to me how “they” would refer to the only 3 pictures in my “My Pictures” directory. I assume that “My Pictures” is ubiquitous with Windows because so many people build up a collection of photos. I imagine that i’m among the few who does not and so the “guess” at what was contained there seems to indeed be an extremely lucky one, or perhaps one informed by knowledge.
In either event, threatening someone who writes here seems to me to have gone beyond the bounds of decency and should lead the person threatening to deserved consequences. This is especially true when one considers the topic of this thread which is “gun control” and the fact that there are many crazy people out there on the Net. Beyond that we all know that “identity theft” in all its permutations has become rife today and so the suggestion that one has hacked someones PC is a dire one, that is not befitting of this forum, or indeed any others on line.
Anon,
Your actions are somewhat suspect to me. You have consistently taken part in an effort to denigrate and cause suspicions about the “guest posters” here, most often in highly disparaging terms. While you seem to profess admiration for Prof. Turley and his blog, your words and arguments definitely call into question whether your are evincing “respect” or merely trying to sow disruption. This seems particularly on point because Mespo, Rafflaw and myself have been here for a long time and the balance have not only been here for years, but have made extraordinary contributions. Since we in effect go along with the Turley Territory my conclusion is that your purposes are to disrupt the proceedings. That you would disrupt, is not by itself a suggestion of bad faith on your part and could merely be your measured opinion. It is my personal belief though that your agenda is somewhat less than one of sensibility and more one of purposeful
creation of disharmony and disaffection and below I will use your own writing to display what I see as your duplicity.
[Anon]
“I leave the following, threatening note: “Gene H.,I know where you keep your adult diapers, and I plan to go there tomorrow night, and rub chili pepper over all of them.”
Context is everything. While this was addressed to Gene, I think in context considering the dismay and upset caused to my self and my wife, this was an ironic way of trivializing our feelings about what happened here. However, that alone is not evidence enough so let us look at some other examples of dis-ingenuousness from this thread.
[Anon]
“I never said I worked with Feynman. Student, not colleague. He wouldn’t have known me from Adam if you had asked.
This Anon is quite frankly bullshit. You definitely implied knowing Feynman and did so to increase your credibility in your silly argument with Kevin. Because somehow you claim might be dis-proven you backtracked when challenged.
[Anon]
“Also, I may have misled you, I do have heart issues, and have required (too many) open heart surgeries, but nothing yet to suggest I need a transplant. My interest in transplantcafe is that it is good and interesting to see a great support community.”
Not only did you mislead me about your heart issues, but did so in a duplicitous manner. You knew well that NW used a rather weak reason for visiting TransplantCafe, interest in my health, as a means of justifying where his other self NL, might have gotten the information about the photos. TransplantCafe is strictly a resource used by the Transplant Community. It is certainly not a large, well-known site, with many visitors who are merely curious. To access photos on its’ blog, as I had explained prior to the comment where you wrote this, one would have to register. As for your wanting to know about it for future reference I had already suffered 3 MI’s, had all major arteries blocked,
and had had disabling CHF for five years before a cardiologist even mentioned the possibility of transplant to me. When he did, I was shocked that that could even be an option for me. With what you describe yourself as having you are not anywhere near the transplant ballpark and I suspect you know it.
Now here is where your disingenuousness really shows::
[Anon wrote that I definitely said the Koch Bros. were behind the attempt to disrupt this blog]
“Mike S, said, yes, definitely Koch.”
As proof of the above he quoted me but dishonestly, cropping my words:
“A concerted effort was being made to disrupt each thread and thereby cause the topic to become unfocused. Since the days of Richard Nixon “dirty tricks” this has been the skill and the trade of various paid members of the Corporatists. The Koch Bros.” {omitting} “ALEC Project is but an example.”
Anon, I don’t know who in hell you are and frankly I could care less. I don’t consider you a troll and do consider you a regular. However, like most regulars here, including myself, you have an agenda. Unlike my agenda and that of many other regulars, yours has been quite murky. I think that for whatever reasons your agenda is one of disruption and negativity towards many here. Have at it, I say, this is a place for free expression from all venues of thought. That being said I think that you have been insulting and you have purposely defamed many who write here including myself and at this point I have no need to comment further on this thread.
“Which one are you? I am in the latter.”
Bron,
So nice to see your return. As for Heinlein, he unlike Rand was a writer of enormous talent and range. However, he didn’t have Rand’s pretensions that he was a political/economic philosopher, yet he was of libertarian bent. Much of that do to his own personal sexual exploration and his rightful annoyance with government intrusion into sexuality. He was most definitely a writer of great fiction.
To write fiction is to create a fantasy world, constructed from the writer’s inner fantasy life. All people with reasonable self-esteem have an inner fantasy life that makes them the hero of their own life story. The fantasy’s of successful writers, both were, create sales because their fantasies resonate with many. Both Heinlein (with skill) and Rand tapped into the
American cult of the singular man, rising by dint of his own qualities to a status superior to his fellow humans. They were inheritors of Alger, but with more consistency. The problem is that no one individual rises on his own, without some support from the surrounding society. However, I can understand why you and many others would sustain that fantasy because it rationalizes their own self-serving actions, creates an enemy blame their own failures on and allows them the self-delusion that they made it on their own. Donald Trump is the most famous purveyor of this self delusion today.
For myself I would prefer to see the world as it is, rather then imprint my own ideal fantasy upon it,
anon-
I warn you against attempting to hack into my 1955 Muntz. And stay the hell away from my Betamax. I have bobcats, you know. Badass bobcats with rabies and paranoia.
Gene, I think I have about had it too. I interviewed fourteen police officers this afternoon. I get tired of the willfully ignorant and deliberately obtuse and I know you do too. Additionally, when you have spent the day talking to a substantial subset of a law enforcement agency, that does leave one’s sense of humor on life support.
G’nite all. May there be a brighter day tomorrow.
“Yes, and once more you are wrong.”
I realize you think that and you’re entitled to your opinions no matter how delusional they might be.
Now say good night, Irene.
OK, now you have done it. I am sending for the heavy artillery. Memphis Minnie is gonna go Hoodoo Lady on you.
What I’m saying is that you leave a trail of evidence everywhere you go in both meatspace and cyberspace, that the trail can be connected given resources and time, and your idea that you’re truly anonymous on the Internet is simply delusional. Personally, I’m waiting for you to get the idea you can fly or leap tall buildings in a single bound in addition to being invisible. Also, concerning your apparent obsession with spicy adult diapers, the next time you visit your therapist you might want to mention your pica is acting up again.
Yes, and once more you are wrong.
And you counter specific facts and specific situations with vague generalities, and on those you are proven wrong time after time after time.
So we can’t anonymously post on the Internet because we live in a video surveillance state that has cameras everywhere and that’s why it’s okay for Kevin Kesseler, Ph.D to scrape this website and build an anonymity destroying database and not face the condemnation of the other members of the community.
Okay then dickless, I use I2P to connect to TOR from my home. How am I caught then?
Great idea OS!
And with that, let’s have a bit of Leadbelly.