I want to make sure this accomplishment doesn't pass by unnoticed and unappreciated.

[MADem]

127. Why is your post in violation of TOS? You didn't do what Manny did.

You're discussing a possible change to the TOS, and that's how you've framed it. Yes, it is meta, but it's not a thread starting post, and it's not disruptive. So I'm puzzled why you think it's HIDE-worthy.

FWIW, I don;'t agree with a damn word you've said, but you phrased it reasonably respectfully, you didn't troll, chain jerk, mock or insult anyone, and you have a right to your opinion.

Your swipe at the owners was a bit unkind, but I've seen much worse stand the test of a jury. If you got one of those "majority rules" juries you'd happily survive if anyone wanted to knock your post down. I wouldn't vote to hide it--if I served on a jury and it survived, I'd come and tell you I thought you were being unnecessarily rude to the site owners--you are a guest in their home, in essence. This is a PRIVATE website, it's not the public square, and it does have a TOS. When you go to someone's house (even bearing gifts of food for the pot luck) and they ask you to take off your shoes to spare their fine floors and white carpets, you don't walk in with dogshit on your boots, wipe them on the new rugs, and tell your hosts to go to hell, after all.

They set this place up for those of us who LIKE being Democrats. If you don't LIKE being a Democrat, it's wonderful that you have somewhere else to go and enjoy protesting your lot in life. No one cares if that's what you want to do.

And if this site is just a "grain of sand," well, it's amazing how irritating a grain of sand can be if it gets into an eye or some other tiny crevice--your essay does reflect that, you know.