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You attacked my character first. I should be shunned because I refuse to stand and take it. I can surmise now that you were a medic and that is, indeed, a highly honorable calling.

You’re probably not a bad sort at all, but you do seem to get vicarious pleasure from kicking someone when he’s down.

I think it best when someone is embarrassing themselves online to stay away and not cause further degradation. Kicking someone verbally doesn’t get you a commendation ribbon.

This is going to be my last note, and attempt to help you see yourself as others see you. This is NOT meant to be an attack on you, nor even an attempt to persuade you to change your world view. It is however, an attempt to “hold up the mirror” as it were.

So far on this thread alone your actions/comments have:

1. Demanded the names of folks that operate this site, opening them up to cyber bulling/attack.

2. Literally compared Free Republic and the mods to communist East Germany.

3. Accused the mods, Jim, and John of censorship - a government action.

4. Implied that your right to free speech is being abused/withheld from you. This is a privately owned property, you have no free speech rights here.

5. Attacked, repeatedly and personally, those that disagree with your PERCEPTION of what has been communicated/has happened. I realize that perception is reality, but it is only YOUR reality. When your perception is challenged, maybe it is time to put yourself in the other person's shoes, rather than stepping on his toes and punching him in the nose.

6. Many folks that I have provided career coaching to exhibit the same “I have been wronged” viewpoint that you exhibit on this thread. It takes months, sometimes years, to get them to look at their behavior dispassionately, and the implementation of various communication tools to correct this behavior. One of these is very simple - Never send a message (oral,written,email) under any emotional state except calmness. Any angry email should be deleted twice, and reconsidered/rewritten, before sending.

7. You are blinded by your anger. This is not uncommon, but can be overcome with persistence. This is exhibited in this thread by your response to my reference to you calling Jim a communist. Your vehement denial came quickly, before you remembered that you had compared this site and the mods to “communist East Germany”. I am not a psych doc, nor do I play one on TV. I am however a observer of human interactions, and spend a lot of time training people for success. You can use these comments or not, ridicule me or not, post to FR or not, to me it matters not. Your actions will not affect me no matter what you do. I have a couple of closing questions (I don't expect you to answer it except to yourself) - What are you going to do next? Learn from this experience and improve your skills, or stay with the same mindset and world view/outlook that is evident throughout this thread? Your life, your choice. Have a nice day and a good life.