re: #212 mr. hammer

Thank you, Ice…
Well, for example, I last posted during a McCain / Obama debate, and I made a comment as McCain was beginning to relate his story in the POW camp in Vietnam that was misinterpreted by one of the regulars as being critical. (It was not. I was supporting McCain).

Anyway, the next thing I knew, somebody looked at my profile, and called me a sock puppet (whatever that is). When I tried to explain my post, they called me an idiot.

I confess that my feelings were hurt, and I took my ball and went home. This can be a tough playground.

I look at the number in my profile and it is “-2”. I don’t know what that means…

Can you help with this and some of the other basics of LGF?

i’ve never asked, but i’m assuming that sock puppet = parroting viewpoints as opposed to engaged discussion.

i’ve been kicked around, too - I’ve been really interested in Richard Lindzen’s take on AGW these past 15 years (although i believe in the basic tenets of AGW and the current general scientific consensus) and have taken heat trying to ask questions about it in the past.

my two cents - learn through observation. and if someone is taking your post the wrong way, keep your cool and stay polite.

clarity of word is paramount, though. there’s a good chance that if people took your post the wrong way, you didn’t write it very well.