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Mr. Sternlight Makes Frequent Claims of Being Personally Attacked

You have now revealed that your posturing with respect to conducting an honest discussion with me is a mask, and you are more interested in defamation and character assassination. Welcome to my filter file.

Perhaps you had been believing the propaganda of those who disagree with my policy views and think repeated posting of personal attack will divert from my content.

And now for the next test of character. Will he post a retraction and apology for the personal attack? Or will he engage in more obscurantist nonsense and further personal attack?

When challenged he resorted to personal attack.

It appears [name deleted] was too lazy to check the facts before posting nonsense and personal attack.

My latest observation of [name deleted]'s brain-dead personal attack reinforces my decision to keep him on my filter list.

Another personal attack based on animus and misrepresentation.

You should instead apologize for posting factual error and personal attack.

If I had been to the Harvard Business School I would have learned to say "fantastic" instead of "bullshit", but given that the content was false and malicious personal attack, the retort was justifiable.

It is to mount a personal attack on an objection and then follow it with posturing about sticking to the technical issue.

Nonsense. It's a gratuitous personal attack which has nothing to do with the subject.

They have engaged in the lowest rhetoric and slimiest personal attack because I stated economic reasons for thinking this might not be the case.

I now conclude from your constant posting of sniping, digs, personal attack, etc. and the tiny ratio of substance to the total of your posts that you are a nut case.

Since I'm not the only one reporting a bad experience, your nasty personal attack coupled with an attempted denigration of my name simply discredits you, not me.

You are unable to sustain a rational discussion without resorting to reprehensible personal attack.

Suffice it to say that educated readers will judge what I write by its content, and not by the personal attacks by others unable to deal with such content.

Your personal attack suggests that your understanding of how to conduct a discussion about principles and issues could be better.

It was the plethora of personal attacks on me that were off topic.

If any demonstration is needed that such people (not [name deleted]) will take an opposite position to mine on anything, logic or no, facts or no, complete with personal attack when their fallacious arguments are exposed, this sub-discussion in which [name deleted] acknowledges my points provides it.

When someone posts a provocative and inflammatory personal attack, he gets his own back, and in (to the best of my abilities and time) a carefully crafted and logically supported way.


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