Father of Columbine victim states conservative point of view on CBS

[shadow9d9]

Originally posted by: yllus

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: yllus
Good to see that others are observing the same phenomenon at work (alchemize, Hayabusa Rider).

I've not seen ProfJohn launch a single personal attack yet on these forums, yet he's been continually harrassed by other forum members who pay no heed to the actual topic of the thread. No doubt the idea is to gradually anger the guy into making a few vitriolic posts at which point he'll no doubt get banned while the instigators continue to keep their posting privileges here, as we've seen happen at least five times previously.

The thing is, this entire thread is one collossal troll IMO, particularly the (completely unsupported) implication that Katie Couric "went crazy," when she did nothing of the kind. To the extent he's been attacked for that, I feel it was well deserved. Similarly, his dissembling on the subject of Mark Foley needs to be pointed out IMO.

FWIW, I don't share Mr. Rohrbaugh's views, but I think he certainly has every right to air them. I think they are the by-product of his tremendous pain, coupled with the fact that the real wrongdoers here are a) dead; and b) still shrouded in mystery for the most part. I don't personally like Katie Couric, but if anything I think she showed some courage and open-mindedness in broadcasting Mr. Rohrbaugh's message.

It's not a troll. It's an unpopular point of view on these forums. As I stated previously (well, I mistakenly wrote Foley in there because I was just reading a thread about him), I think that Mr. Rohrbaugh's views are silly in the extreme. But I'm unemotional enough about my political views to realize that ProfJohn gets massively attacked solely because he's in the minority and the bunch of screwballs who makes up the majority here sense the opportunity to pile on and squeeze him out. I despise that sort of behaviour.

Originally posted by: shadow9d9
Umm, sorry, but that is NOT on topic whatsoever.. did you even read the thread you entered? And please find me one instance where "And the lefties, including Couric, go crazy"...

Typoed the guy's name.

I never use the word "lefties" unless it's in quotes, mostly because associating the left with the people who post in this forum area is a grave disparagement to real liberals. And I've never watched Ms. Couric on TV in my life. Other than to state that I disagree with Mr. Rohrbaugh, my point is you people are getting carried away in attacking the person instead of the opinion.

Originally posted by: jman19
So instead of personal attacks, he antagonizes all of the Dems/liberals on the board in one fell swoop with misleading comments... and you wonder why he gets a lot of flack?

Considering what he's put up with from day one of posting on these forums, I'd say he deserves to get in a few of his own.

You didn't need to type in the word "lefties".. the discussion was on the OP.. and I gave a reason... Besides, I never attacked him... so saying "you guys" is simply foolish.