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This control issue is worse in 2024 for obvious reasons.
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Humor is also a good way to avoid fear. A laugh in a foxhole is priceless.
Be kind and please be respectful… Manners really do matter… after all, this is a fellowship.
Love to all,
Sometimes, you can’t fix stupid.
As George Carlin put it: “We fix dogs, don’t we? We could fix stupid the exact same way…”
Someone could have ‘fixed’ the late, vulgar degenerate running dog lackey Carlin, but his only offspring is a childless 62 years old hag, so it is fixed, after all…
I beg to differ.
Please look up the definition of “Stupid”.
Then look up the definition of “Ignorant”.
I think that you will find that Stupid is a permanent, non-repairable, uncorrectable condition. You can Never Ever fix Stupid.
Ignorance is something that can be addressed, but only if the ignorant person is willing to take the necessary steps to correct that situation.
I am ignorant and have been addressed many deficiencies, certainly not anywhere near all, but many.
I have read enough of your comments to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are far less ignorant than I am.
I don’t think any regular Treepers would write something like that. But, it has to be called out in a big way. Many times I am frustrated and angry and start writing an emotional post. Then I backspace until it’s deleted. I greatly appreciate being able to read and write here, and I don’t want to ever abuse that freedom. (Jokes like that aren’t funny.)
Thank you Sundance.
Me too…
That was/ is a regular
Maybe he is a “Sleeper,” activated for such a time as this. That comment was/is beyond the pale. It wouldn’t be proper directed at our opposition, let alone our president-elect who was already on the receiving end of that scenario. @Sundance what are the guidelines for this? I would be fully supportive of a zero tolerance for this type of dialog; this is totally unacceptable.
For the bulk of my years here and that’s since way before Trayvon, there was no edit function or way to maybe correct an error or rant that got inadvertently posted. Now, that’s just stupid and/or mutiny or both.
My interpretation….
Don’t say anything you couldn’t defend in court.
Excellent advice to live by.
Plan on anything you ever write being someday read by a judge.
And that will likely never happen.
Depends on how much you have to pay the lawyer. /s
A+
Is ‘Eric’ a regular or a blow-in? Have noticed a lot of new names in here since the election.
He’s been here for a very long time.
Maybe ‘Eric’ is a D and his account was ‘hacked’, and therefore bears no responsibility for his, uh, “the hacker’s” crude and very irresponsible comment.
Seriously, good catch and good calling it out.
Nope….Eric made several other comments in the same vein. His email and IP# is a match.
Eric, brought me to CTH from his sports site. He’s a good guy. Are you dead sure he wasn’t hacked? Wouldn’t IP and email match if hacked?
I’m going to reach out to him.
They might copy a photo or an email, but your IP# unique….it’s yours, and yours alone.
I just spoke with him. He said he was taking a dig at the anti Trump crowd.
But I’ll bow out, as I respect the treehouse and I get what Sundance is saying.
If he was “taking a dig”, he should’ve added a sarc tag or similar.
Problem is the borg mentality makes you make incorrect assumptions and he did……
I’ve typed some pretty heavy stuff against the Left, IC and gubment in general but Eric’s comment was uncalled for even if it was written as sarcasm to another comment.
Sundance and company deserve major kudos for calling it out which you would never see on
most other conservative sites and especially on the Lefts.
Hell, they tried to kill our President-Elect twice (that we know of) and now my neighbor
finally took her “Woman for HarrASS” sign off the front lawn, put if up near her front door and has a “Love Thy Neighbor” sign its original place.
Oh how I love the irony. Oh yes let’s love each other after you tried to assassinate our candidate
not once but TWICE and how many more times for all we know.
I want JUSTIFIABLE RETRIBUTION. That is not REVENGE, libtards. That is accountability for
crimes committed against the United States of America. Treason -Sedition? Call it what you may but these miscreants need to stand trial and suffer the consequences of their actions.
The Treehouse has made it this far…through thick and thin so I have know doubt it will
continue fighting like Andrew Breitbart would have fought.
This is where we were…….and now we are in a better place…..if we keep fighting.
https://allthingsliberty.com/2021/04/spirits-of-independence-ten-taverns-of-the-revolutionary-war-era/
Bshaw said:
“I just spoke with him. He said he was taking a dig at the anti Trump crowd”
That makes sense
It readily reads as a sarcastic comment
Problem is, although we LIKE sarcasm, any sarcastic comment can just as readily be taken literally
I’m a wiseguy quite often, so I’ll take this as a good lesson for myself … to be cautious and think twice
And I recognize Eric as a regular, for quite some time now
Good, I was gonna do the same but I was making some Cutlets…
“your IP# unique”. Not really. If you are using a VPN, your IP changes as you switch VPN servers.
There is also a way to “spoof” IP addresses, although that is way beyond my knowledge of things. As in poilitics, tech facts “written in stone” are not the most reliable thing to hitch your star to.
But….Eric has 16 pages of comments. ALL with the same IP#, and made since 11/20 when we initiated CTH 2.0. He is not using a VPN.
If you can see 16 pages of comments of one user, why can’t we all see our own comment history. Obviously it is available.
Sundance has explained that. It has to do with our privacy, if I recall.
It could be a relative visiting for the holiday who “borrowed” his device/PC and wrote it unbeknownst to him. Many of us here have family members who dislike/hate PT. Over the years we’ve discussed it often. Just saying….
I’m not sticking up for him. I don’t know his comments. Just wondering what excuse he could possibly give for that comment.
He already said he did it, and that it was supposed to be a “dig” at the anti-Trumpers. He apparently didn’t think it all the way through.
Big mistake on his part. Thanks.
it’s fairly easy to change your public IP address. but, after you change it, it’s nearly impossible to get that same one back again from the same ISP.
IP #s can be spoofed.
And making me cringe and recoil at all his comments for a very long time.
How can you tell? Even I had to add and underscore and a numeral after my name when someone else started posting using the same name.
I’m not sure what is going on with this, but if this really is Eric, he has been here since way before Trump’s first term, (as have I.) I also knew him on Facebook. He’s a solid guy, and is in no way a troublemaker.
We must not have been reading the same Eric comments for over 10 years.
I have also noticed a lot of new names here. I think many are disrupters and trolls
More so on the weekends…
Sundance, I’m sorry you have to deal with this trash. “I’m sorry” doesn’t do much, but its all I’ve got. I am sorry.
It is so ignorant that most likely a three letter agency representative made this post.
Surprised…he has been a poster on here for years with nothing inflammatory like this…he’s gone on the dark side…ban him…
I must admit…trolls have been all over the site with their negative opinions of the picks etc. trying to sway public opinion…
Most Treepers are too strong to be swayed by trolls, provoked-maybe…, IMHO.
Eric is a regular- I feels like I haven’t seen comments from him in a while tho. He sometimes stirs the pot- that comment is wild tho.
Im asking myself why he would say something so blatantly offensive and obviously inflammatory.
I recall many of his posts.
This is beyond the pale.
Why is the question….
He would stand alone on that hill, saying something like that!
There were other troubling posts Bob. I had put him in moderation on an earlier occasion as well.
You probably didn’t see these out front because they were quickly removed.
Well, the true Treeper in me says…we must pray for him to find a sense of balance and peace.
And for you, Ad rem…and for you! Yours is not an easy task…
And Sundance because I imagine its stuff like that…if it does not give indigestion, its certainly a WTF moment….
Thank you Aggiegirl…. 😘
We love our Puddy. ❤️
Thanks for your vigilance, Ad rem. When I saw the comment that Sundance referenced, it hurt my heart immediately. I realized it was probably a snark towards someone, but to see those words here — disturbing to say the least. May God protect our President Trump, our dear Sundance and all Treepers.
We must think before we post. (That’s my mantra right now!)
Hmm, I’ve posted several comments that have been removed for not bowing down to DJT. Dissenting views don’t seem to be welcome in the echo chamber….
Can’t find that thumbs down,darn.
And yet, here you are now posting another….
This comment is not bowing down. It is outright asking for violence and is a direct attack at this site for doing so.
I wish this one had been removed.
No one here is “bowing down” to President Trump. We battered conservatives come here to share information, try to figure out what is happening, and try to figure out what we can do to help save our way of life.
As part of the discussion the community has many dissenting views. But for the most part people avoid rude comments like claiming things didn’t go their way because they failed to bow down to President Trump.
I’m pretty sure your definition of “dissenting views” is radically different than nearly all of us Treepers.
If you truly consider the targeted violent comment to be a dissenting view, then I’m curious what echo chamber you came from.
I try to be polite to everyone and therefore won’t suggest to whom you bow but, I will say that we bow down ONLY to God almighty.
Donald Trump is NOT our god but, he is our president!
Speak for yourself. I’ll bow down to Trump.
I’m really good at using the scroll bar. I’m not fond of reading anti-Trump comments but I have a massively strong belief in individual rights and beliefs. So, within the red lines of don’t espouse violence of any kind to any person (or animal, though sometimes they’re hard to tell apart), I’ll scroll past the rudeness and nastiness that I see too often these days. I don’t remember a lot of user names, so I can’t tell if the rudeness is new or not, but it does feel like there is more now than I remember previously. When it gets to be too much to scroll thru, I disappear for a while, then come back and try again.
I’m here because I adore Trump. I LIKE being in an echo chamber. I like sharing my love of Trump with others. I’m also here because I need to keep up on issues and need a wide range of facts to make my own decisions on each separate topic.
I’m always grateful to Sundance for his analysis. He steps back and makes observations that no one else does, and explains his logic in detail so you’ve got a lot to chew on. And I respect Sundance. Not just his passion, but his humanity and his intellect. I adore Elon Musk, too, and my feelings for Sundance are similar to my feelings for Musk. Deep respect and gratitude that they’re bringing all those qualities to the fight for the survival of the principles of this nation. Not everyone is willing to put much of their lives on hold for such good reasons. That thanks goes out to the moderators as well. Babysitting cats in heat is no job for the faint-hearted.
“I’m always grateful to Sundance for his analysis. He steps back and makes observations that no one else does, and explains his logic in detail so you’ve got a lot to chew on. And I respect Sundance. Not just his passion, but his humanity and his intellect”
That’s why I’m here too. But from a 40k ft view, there are ALOT of machinations going on deeper than this country that DIRECTLY include DJTs involvement that make me question moves. I’ll just watch the moves and check them off as Sundance does. I was narrowly focused in ’15-’22. Now watching the train from the platform. Many people watching the machine from afar like me, connecting dots. Musk is dot. But I love the wrenches he throws.
Hi Mary,
I, too, adore PresidentTrump. I love it that he has returned enthusiasm and hope to me for America.
As Christmas nears I find myself wandering to those Livingston Jr. books you provided us FREE several years ago. They are wonderful. Thank you!
I’m so glad. I was interviewed in August about Henry for a documentary about Troy NY, where the poem was first published. 10 years of research from 7 years ago to cram back into my brain in a week. 3 days later had a TIA. They always said cramming was a lousy idea. They were right. But it was fun to remember all the work.
Many a time in college I swore my brain was about to break and I could actually feel pain in my head when studying too intensely. That’s when I knew it was time for a break.
Sorry for the pain you had. Glad the break worked for you. Good advice.
Ia that you, Hillary?
That’s baloney.
Giant thank you to Sundance and team.
I hope that “Eric” understands how monitored this site is by all of the IC. I suspect that Eric could find a knock at his door in the near future in order to determine his threat level to the POTUS. When you are emotional in posting it is best to read, reread, then read again before pressing send. I hope that he’s a troll and not a CTH patriot.
My son did that…the knock on the door is real.
Then I’m sure your son is NOT a DEMOCRAT!
Not funny how that works.
Not to be unkind, but to comment that someone “sucks” is the most vacuous,
inane, worthless statement I can imagine.
One should not expect to be taken seriously.
Seriously? Pretty sure the ‘sucks’ part of his reply wasn’t what could get Eric or CTH in potential trouble.
If you’re ever going for sarcastic, it’s always best to label it that way.
Not many here that are mind readers, would be my guess.
But some who seem to think they are.
I’ve noticed a rise is subversive voices in the comments section. We’re not alone here. Be mindful, Treepers.
There’s one guy who keeps Lying about islamic stuff. It’s weird.
Dear Sundance- we can never thank you enough for preserving the Fellowship of the Tree House for all these years.
The world is a better place for all the work that you have done acting as a steward and a scribe who preserves the truth of what has been going on not just in our corner of the planet but everywhere else as well.
Following the simple guidelines you provide is like wearing the proverbial “loose garment”- nothing that is too difficult.
I for one am gobsmacked when I occasionally see comments such as the one you used as an example. I believe that these people are plants who are trying to get the CTH shut down. I don’t think that the Treepers who are mostly known to the community would be so foolish and stupid to post such things.
Given the situation we are in during the period while we are waiting for our President Trump to be formally inaugurated, I think it is of a matter of some urgency that we patrol and keep watch for comments that are designed to do nothing more than damage or destroy this wonderful place and you personally.
We need the Tree House more than ever. It is most precious to all of us who come here for our daily dose of wisdom, information and community. We cannot let anything happen to this place or Sundance. Ever.
Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty.
MAGA24 and 4EVER
AMEN and ROGER THAT Seneca
If it’s true that ERIC has been here since before Trump’s first term which someone above mentioned then I doubt he’s a plant.
Maybe he is a vicim of our so called health care system for Vets. Load’em up with drugs then cut them loose to find the
fix they need on the streets. I know..my son was a casualty of it.
I don’t want to argue with you about this. Most of us here on these branches just enjoy the knowledge that not only Sundance brings but the knowledge that you and others bring to this forum.
We are a family and it appears that Sundance’s little tree
has grown exponentially into an OAK that even Washington, DC can not cut down!
We have bigger fish to fry now and with President Trump winning the electoral and popular vote maybe we can
save our country.
I want that, You want that and many millions of Americans want that as well.
Together, with or without Eric, we can make it happen.
Hell, we actually kept them from stealing this one like they did in 2020 and THAT is huge accomplishment in my book.
God Bless you, Seneca the Elder and God Bless the semi United States of America!
Thanks for an excellent comment.
Adults on this site should know better.
probably “enemies” (or at least the other side) posting nonsense
Apparently not.
Please read Ad Rem’s contribution to the thread.
I always assume that if what I write can be taken out of context, it will some day be taken out of context to persecute either myself, this platform, the Treehouse crew, or all of us together.
Therefore when I find I’ve written something which can be taken out of context, I rephrase myself in a way that makes it harder for someone to misrepresent it.
Agree on all,as for rules i kinda skip open thread daily.I think it needs a little more involvement, i will now go there if it gets a little more action.just my 2 cents.
Open thread has some of the most marvelous art photography around. Worth it for that alone. And the knowledge of music is nothing short of awesome.
no interest in either,would like more politics not suitable for other threads.
The scroll bar is your friend. There’s lots of politics there, too. And you can start a topic easily.
No excuse for this. This is not a ‘dissenting’ comment by any stretch. Oh, in case you forgot ‘Eric’, President Trump has already been shot.
Should be an automatic block.
The thing to consider is if you can have someone monitor and get the discussion area. I get that this has some other problems but it is easy to game the discord with stuff like this.
I’ve read this Eric’s comments for a long time, and this sounds out of character. I wonder if he was being facetious, in that the prior comment was yet another getting down on President T for certain of his nominees? Or perhaps he was hacked?
At any rate, after the craziness of the last couple of weeks, we were probably overdue to be reminded of the commenting rules. I read it all, again, and I hope everyone else does too.
Read all the comments written before yours, so you may see Ad Rem’s contribution to this thread.
I did see it, but due to some weird freezing my comment posted after hers.
Did you see that I said, I read the whole thing? I did.
I saw what you said and I believed you. I also thought, based your comment, that you had not seen Ad Rem’s comment. I thought you would find it clarifying/encouraging. I was neither accusing you or rebuking you.
I believe Eric has been here for a while.
I believe he and his teenage son attended President Trump’s rally in D.C., and because of that they were visited by guys in big black vehicles.
Didn’t see the original post or what the discussion above Eric’s post was, but never, ever, never ever should anyone say such a thing about a President.
It is never a joke, and will never be taken as such — unless you’re the deeply disturbed non-comedian called Kathy Griffin.
The last 5 days, every time I go into the comment section of this site it’s like I’m going into the National Review with a lot of neocons and Never-Trump and demoCrats pretending to be MAGAs.
Par for the course.
As with many sites, trolls are sent to demoralize, distract and disrupt. They show up here too. Alot lately, trying to shape opinion on Trumps’ nominations and tp overwhelm facts, questions and information about shared in the comment section.
Take Sundance’s short & sweet post with Ramaswamy’s tweet. Most places it would go unnoticed but it drew a wave of, as you say, National Review types. Sundance hits nerves at a time when the GOPe is trying to control the narratives
Calls for assassination are objectively evil. Yes, even if someone on the “0ther team” is the target. Let’s not go down this alley.
Agreed.
If anything, the outcome of the most recent election shows just how ridiculous such calls are.
We do not live in an unassailable dictatorship.
More, even those who did live in such places, such as in Communist Poland, have proven that non-violent means like the Solidarity movement can bring down such regimes without resorting to bloodshed and death.
Finally, remember that Jesus called for us to overcome our enemies by PRAYING FOR them. Pray that their eyes be opened and that they turn away from sin. Even Obama. Even Pelosi. Even Nuland.
That does not mean we don’t oppose them and seek to thwart their wicked actions, but we must do so in a way worthy of our Savior, not by stooping to the tools of The Enemy.
Thank you, Sundance…a nice way to talk about the quality of a post…pretend you are writing it for your Grandma…
Is “Eric” blind and an earth burrower?
Or, does he simply cloak himself in the skin of a sheep (cured and vegetable tanned on the inside for ease of wear)?
Yet others on here claim he is an upfront kinda bloke????
The two do not reconcile and I fully appreciate SD’s timely warning – and Ad Rem’s vigilance.
Eric went head to head with FIB after J6. You don’t know what you’re talking about.
He was taking a dig at the anti Trump posters. I spoke with him.
If he was being sarcastic there is no way to get that from the text of his comment.
No way.
A lot of us are left wondering what is going on with cabinet picks. Emotions are running high.
I’m praying that we all can turn away and calm down if the situation provokes too much stress.
Take a break and return…..I know that I have often had to go for a walk …. for my own good .
Some of these cabinet picks have me taking longer walks lol.
God bless
Regarding cabinet picks, it’s obvious that our President Trump will have to get by the four (Republican) Senators who nixed Matt Gaetz, every single time he puts a name up. With Utah, apparently, putting up another Mitt Romney to replace him, our President might have a tough time. He’ll probably need to recess appoint some.
The RINOs are asserting their power or is it fear?
it was a heated discussion over a certain cabinet pick. Tensions and comments were running high. Agreement and disagreements were being flung left and right. I do not think Eric is a threat. I remember him from past and he was always a solid guy. I’ve gotten into several back and forths and sometimes you fling something out there and it is not what you wanted to say or even how you wanted to say it. Maybe it got by him in the rush of the back and forth but I’m sure now that a visit from SS is going to come calling on him. That whole thread was not the best of many of us….me included. I believe in 2nd chances and I don’t for one minute think he is a danger to President Trump. This guy was visited over J6.
I think it got away from it, it was said in a way it should not be said. Now it’s out there and it can’t be stopped.
Eric, if you are reading this, I know you are not a threat to the President.
2 months before Trump is president & people are freaking out.how about waiting 2 months after.
This was my exchange with him on the Crypto post that was invaded back on Friday. He may have been as irate as I was, although I kept my sarcasm non threatening.
Eric C.
November 22, 2024 6:35 pm
Reply to ropala
I suggest everyone listen to this interview (also Lex Fridman interview Michael Saylor and The Iced Coffee hour’s interview of Michael Saylor – these two will be a foundational education in Bitcoin and how it differs from other crypto “coins”) to understand the value of Bitcoin to the US:
https://www.youtube.com/live/T34AYoCUA4w?si=1LLmAws0OOxcuL6C
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November 22, 2024 6:39 pm
Reply to Eric C.
Thanks. I don’t condone the thought that investing in these assets is the end of the world.
Wrong Eric
Not kewl and very dangerous. He’s been here a while and should know that.
“Eric” must be a saboteur.
Been thinking that for over a decade. But, what do I know. The other long timers all seem to like him. Me, nope.
So, Sundance decided today “I need to write to that OldSalt bozo, to tell that verbose bomb thrower to grow up, and tone it down.”
Well, I’m just INCENSED. You … I … we … I…ah…resemble some of those remarks. Sorry. 🙄😖 Message received.
Appreciate all you do for us all, @Sundance. Will try to toe the line. I may be occasionally obnoxious, even idiotic, but I never, ever wanna be called “rude”. (After all, isn’t this website named “All About OldSalt”?! 🙃🤣)
Hang in there, and God bless. 👍☝️
Hey Old Salty, I for one love all the comments you write that I’ve seen, you’re the kind of commenter that makes the comment section spicy, without overdoing it, pal.
🙄😖
…and importantly, your heart’s in the right place.
I am in agreement that such commentary is not only disrespectful of the tenets of this forum but unforgivable as well… hasta la vista, Eric…
People can become unstable at any time. Sadly.
I never saw it. Hopefully it got flagged quickly.
yes, I’ll take your comment as an opportunity to remind everyone:
if you see an objectionable comment, you can flag it for Admin attention … click that red flag out to the far right margin of the comment name and date:time header
Same old crap from Eric.
Post in haste, repent at leisure. I have posted in other forums in haste, and have wound up regretting my caustic tone. I admit never calling for someone’s demise. I have read obituaries with great relish, but only after the fact ;).
I agree that we need to think and make sure of what we are saying before hitting return. Everyone has a bad day, but this is a resource that we all value so we should respect it.
caustic is sometimes warranted
“But in the morning, Madame, I shall be sober … and you will still be ugly …”
Worth noting Winston Churchill wasn’t exactly Cary Grant.
To Sundance, the moderators and the Treehouse “Community”…..Thank You! It’s a relief to have a place to go for real insights and true information. Amazingly, I recommended CTH to my mom about a year before she passed away! LOL…. She considered herself a Treeper! To One and All…Well Done. And ALWAYS FORWARD! PS: MAGA!!!
Oh my, silly man!
“13.) NO PERSONAL ATTACKS – Ever. The fastest way to lose commenting privileges is to ridicule, bully or personally attack another person’s opinion or comment. “
This seems to be rarely enforced . Even with respect to stalkers.
It is enforced, more often, than not.
Lately, especially.
Im not quite sure what you mean, tbh…
Thank goodness the only thing Sundance ever asked me to do was SING. Even made a whole thread about it 😉 Trust me, that would have been punishment for ALL of you 😀
All joking aside, this post by “Eric” that Sundance is highlighting, is a bit shocking. I can’t help but wonder what goes through people’s minds sometimes and what that line of reasoning was that led them to conclude “yeah, this is a good thing to post on the Internet.”
Anyone have the context of that? Saw him posting some out of character stuff recently, missed this one, but have long appreciated his input. Maybe tongue in cheek?
I do remember seeing this the other day, and yes, it made me stop and I looked at the gravatar with NFL Giants emblem trying to figure out if that was an actual player or not. The comment was shocking to come out so straight forward, especially on this site.
It was in the midst of all of the constant, day long angst regarding this pick and that one, we all know what this place has been like the past week. I don’t recall any of his prior comments, but I do read all of the posts and most comments every day and have for the past several years.
After stopping briefly by the sharp contrast in the “normal” thread of conversation, I had to think he was giving a very brief and succinct summation of what many were saying regarding PDJT’s choices. I believe I actually chuckled a bit, I took it as ” Oh well, let’s just get it over” kind of thing. Sort of like the “Leroy Jenkins” attitude.
The adrems know much more regarding his history and I can definitely see how inappropriate the comment is and one that would be detrimental to this site. And one that could elicit a knock at the door.
***Funny thing is, (maybe not so funny now), I was thinking of all of the new posters and how many and how they might attack this site and tried an experiment, using the same email but changing the posted name, to see if one person could post many comments or if it would take an actual army sent this way. Think it was the same day.
I was immediately put into “moderation’, the comment never posted, and it was removed. And my next comment was put into moderation until I was allowed once again to posts. Sorry adrems, you do a great job, and the security is in place, and I should have known better, kind of foolish looking back but I was curious. My apologies to all of you.
That comment looks like something we’d see on reddit. I don’t post much, I’m more of a lurker/reader. I first came here after the 2020 election and remember seeing Eric as regular poster. It just boggles my mind, what was going through his head when he wrote that and thought it was a good idea to post.
Retired Magistrate here: Just remember: Grandma’s rules apply along with Sundance’s of course.
Unbelievable!
Thumbs down to the commentor in the article
Thumbs up to the rest of Sundances commentary.
It is a privilege to read CTH articles and participate in the discussion. I think of this place as my home.
Blessings and Love to All.
Always MAGA 👊👊🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻
“We have already lost our ability to run advertising because I refuse to censor our conversations according to the dictates of Google and Big Tech. Please do not give our enemies better weapons.”
As our kind host is just too nice to directly say it, also don’t forget that little donation button over on the right.
A place like this doesn’t run on S&H green stamps. We need to keep supporting this place.
I’m still amazed that he got this place through the 2021 free speech genocide intact.
On November 22nd no less. Shame on that.
Your guidelines should be for all the internet, they are so cogent and appealing.
Thank’s Sundance
The war is early
Hold the line
I don’t know “Eric,” but his latest comments have been defending President Trump, so I want to believe that was a sarcastic comment.
I’m having a hard time reading some comments here lately, so I can understand his frustration, even though I don’t agree at all with what he wrote.
I am also having a difficult time reading many of the comments at CTH lately. It’s to the point that I think many who have been here a while have been trolls in hiding, just waiting to pounce.
Let’s face it, we all would like perfect Cabinet and advisor picks. But in the real world that is just not going to happen.
If any of President Trump’s choices go a different route than what he expects, this time around the words “your fired” will be swift in coming. There is no reelection to worry about.
I have commented on the new nastiness around here lately especially surrounding cabinet picks. Now I read Sundance’s posts on the picks and move on. I no longer comment.
Agreed Val most likely sarcasm of the deepest darkest type. BUT it doesn’t matter there are things that are just to volatile to say. This would be the prime example. I am sure Eric knew better most likely the frustration interfered with his impulse control.
I was on that thread as well and I wrote a couple pieces trying to get folks to see that their POV is not the Presidents and second guessing what he is doing is a waste of time. …See it still is eating at me cuss I am back on the same soap box. Cool heads have to prevail.
Beautiful guidelines! CTH is known for intelligent, forthright and respectful content. Thank you!
Sounds like common sense to me. Rock on, Treepers!