Comments on: Commenter attrition

By: CharlieSays

CharlieSays — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 21:56:13 +0000

I’ve only posted here a couple of times, but this is one of my go-to places on online, along with Ace Of Spades and Michelle Malkin.

I too am a changer. I was an unthinking Liberal. Now I’m a hardcore Conservarive.

I don’t really care for ballet, but Neo makes it interesting. I do love musicals, especially the classics, and there is some of that here.

Keep up the good work Neo. You are a treasure.

By: Baklava

Baklava — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 18:47:15 +0000

What he said actually had zero problems. What the media did was reprehensible.

However, you have to plan ahead knowing how the media operates. I’ve already reviewed everything including Scott Adams works and others. Don Lemon is just a divider and wll never probably look at Dinesh D’Souza’s work.

Let me try to be clearer. A Samantha Bee will exist and a Roseanne Barr won’t. The language Trump uses cannot and should NEVER even mention one side or the other and should only be uniting language designed to identify and stop poor behavior and identify good behavior. Poor behavior (injuring people with bicycle locks, smashing windows, starting fires, etc) should not be tolerated and those individuals should be prosecuted and held accountable every time. Wearing masks during the commission of these crimes should be held to a higher account. Good behavior can be celebrated.

In this way, you identify the right way to be an immigrant, the wrong way to be an immigrant – you do not refer to religion or nation or anything of that sort.

We are a generous nation and his comments have not helped us free market, national security oriented, personal responsibility oriented people.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 18:24:06 +0000

Baklava, appreciate it, was it what he actually said in context or was it how the media played it? This is why I follow the president on twitter and watch the videos of the functions of the white house almost every day, then I contrast that with what is reported. The media is overplaying their hand big time. Scott Adams has a lot to say on this:

http://blog.dilbert.com/2018/02/14/charlottesville-fake-news-best-persuasion-play-past-year/

Excellent video here, well worth watching, I watch his periscopes everyday and I am a financial contributor to keep these going:

https://www.pscp.tv/ScottAdamsSays/1kvJpWAYzlgGE

The race issue will be the most vexing to get fixed, all presidents learn on the job. While President Trump is learning very fast he still has progress to make on race issues. A C on that issue is fair but it isn’t over yet.

By: Baklava

Baklava — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 17:35:26 +0000

Darrell,
I look at the inarticulate things he says and see how the left distorts those things to their benefit.
Let’s say the president had to say something about Charlottesville. His statement could be, “Violence is wrong – and should not be used. Period. If you have weapons, put them down. We all need to move forward together with a mindset of freedom, equality of opportunity and respect for one another.”

I am not a never Trumper and while they called Bush hitler and many other names and they destroyed Mitt Romney, my point is that Trump does not help our fight and misdefines conservatism many times.

On a whole I give Trump a C, which is better than Obama’s F.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 14:59:08 +0000

I was a daily reader since 2004 but I had to leave before the election. I was aggressively never Hilary and the never trump vibe was dominant here and still is to a certain degree. Neo is fair to the President but many commenters are still never trump.
I support the President 100% and watch what he does and says everyday and I don’t see the negative things people are referring to or any of what was predicted before the election, we now have concrete results and actions to judge instead of campaign statements that some found offensive.
I check in here once in a while and still enjoy Neo’s writing but I don’t want to be around people who call the President a sewer rat.

By: Ira

Ira — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 06:31:24 +0000

I, too, read Neo every day. I rarely have anything to add to what brilliant Neo and the sharp commenters have already said.

I was pro-Trump as in the “he’s not Hillary” way.

Now I’m just plain pro-Trump. He has been a refreshing, inspirational surprise. Check out Scott Johnson’s powerlineblog.com series of articles titled “TRUMP TOP 10 (OR SO)” (for his reasons he is grateful that Trump is president). Those articles already list about 30 reasons, and I think I agree with them all.

Clintons delende est!

By: J.J.

J.J. — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 03:31:09 +0000

Neo, nice to know that the wet AMD might slow or arrest of its own volition. I’m not on blood thinners. Actually, my lipids and clotting factors are those of a healthy, younger person. My eye doc attributes my wet AMD to my Nordic genes, blue eyes, light complexion, and a life time spent in the out of doors. My paternal grandfather went blind at my age. We never learned why. I suspect it was wet AMD. In the 1960s a lot of medical problems were just accepted as “old age.”

I understand they have computers that are voice activated. That’s in my future if I last long enough.

By: Baklava

Baklava — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 03:04:52 +0000

Thanks for mentioning Feedly. I’ll try it out. 🙂

By: Faith2014

Faith2014 — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 01:11:42 +0000

Oh darn – meant to add that I’m a serious fan of some of the commenters here!

By: Faith2014

Faith2014 — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 01:10:50 +0000

I’ve commented on and off over the years, having changed my name once to give myself more anonymity. I rarely comment though.

I read nearly every post because I follow you in Feedly. Although it might be days between reading, I don’t miss any.

I follow several blogs through Feedly, but you are in my top 3 (the other 2 are Catholic priest blogs). Thank you for the exposure to dance, etc.