In the past few days it seems I’ve ruffled a couple of feathers of people, that simply cannot face criticism of their own public statements. But why make public statements when they cannot invite substantiated opinions that differ from their own?<\/p>\n
Freedom of speech<\/strong> dictates that anyone with the will and the time can use a ‘microphone<\/em>‘ to talk about whatever comes to mind. Fair enough.<\/p>\n During five years of blogging on Acro.net I’ve dealt with everything from trolls, to ignorant time-wasters, to commentators that had a lot to contribute, via the posting of meaningful counter-points.<\/p>\n What I can’t stand though, is ignorance<\/strong> and the type of verbal masturbation<\/strong> that some domainers seem to be fond of engaging in public.<\/p>\n When facts are presented, you can still pretend you have an opinion (and an asshole, as genetics dictate<\/em>) – or, you can just be an asshole. <\/strong>[removed link to protect the asshole in question, now that he knows that I know he’s one.]<\/span><\/p>\n The difference is, that being an asshole while pretending to be part of a community you know nothing about, is counter-productive.<\/p>\n And that’s why I’m here, to call it like it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the past few days it seems I’ve ruffled a couple of feathers of people, that simply cannot face criticism of their own public statements. But why make public statements when they cannot invite substantiated opinions that differ from their own? Freedom of speech dictates that anyone with the will and the time can use […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domains","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n