re: #221 Jack Burton

Not a defense or condemnation of MM, but IMO an explanation of some of the “old guard” of LGF that are still here:

After 9/11 a lot of reasonable people sort of went nuts more or less. This site in its earlier days was a testament to this. When you make common cause with crazy and/or horrible people over a somewhat more reasonable issue, you put yourself in danger of becoming like them because eventually their less reasonable views start to seem less crazy to you.

This is another reason why I caution against the whole “the enemy of my enemy is my ally” line of thinking.

I definitely went nuts myself after 9/11, and have since recovered, so I can relate to this.