[CornFed]

[quote author=CornFed link=topic=15102.msg163658#msg163658 date=1464156358]
I am impressed that he took such a forceful action to demonstrate his disgust. 

Respectfully, I can't disagree more. He went out in flaming blaze of hellfire, insulting other posters with pretty harsh language, as well as the admins:

Here's an explanation of what I'm thinking: that you're a stupid gutless little bitch to continue spewing your bilious idiocy against somebody that your friends among the board administrators have prevented from defending himself.

This was, in effect, the "I'm taking my toys and going home" move. Just me, but I don't find that impressive.
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So you are unsympathetic to his frustration, which is no great surprise.  It is also no surprise that the direction of community empathy is one directional.  Your comment, ".  .  .  . I've generally found that OT political threads that generally get posted here are by right-of-center folks" suggests to me that what you think is center really is not.

There is a large segment of this board that very much enjoyed Stupac2's insults to ferrari - and he remains here to snipe and dismiss posters with whom he disagrees.  Garvin's anger, I think, is simply an expression of pent up frustration with the unfairness of the outcome.

[CornFed]

[quote author=CornFed link=topic=15102.msg163658#msg163658 date=1464156358]
I am impressed that he took such a forceful action to demonstrate his disgust. 

Respectfully, I can't disagree more. He went out in flaming blaze of hellfire, insulting other posters with pretty harsh language, as well as the admins:

Here's an explanation of what I'm thinking: that you're a stupid gutless little bitch to continue spewing your bilious idiocy against somebody that your friends among the board administrators have prevented from defending himself.

This was, in effect, the "I'm taking my toys and going home" move. Just me, but I don't find that impressive.
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So you are unsympathetic to his frustration, which is no great surprise.  It is also no surprise that the direction of community empathy is one directional.  Your comment, ".  .  .  . I've generally found that OT political threads that generally get posted here are by right-of-center folks" suggests to me that what you think is center really is not.

There is a large segment of this board that very much enjoyed Stupac2's insults to ferrari - and he remains here to snipe and dismiss posters with whom he disagrees.  Garvin's anger, I think, is simply an expression of pent up frustration with the unfairness of the outcome.