Comment Policy – Please Read First

UPDATED July 13, 2009

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While I encourage lively and INTELLIGENT debate, I will not tolerate certain kinds of comments here.

Don’t talk to me about free speech…you are free to start your own blog here at WordPress.com and speak all you want about whatever you want. This is my blog, I can do and say what I want to.

Ye have been warned: Trolls are not welcome here.

Anyone not following these rules will be regarded as a troll and subject to deleted comments and/or banned IPs and accounts.

1. FIRST AND FOREMOST: MY HOUSE, MY RULES. IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT…LEAVE.  This isn’t about free speech.  You are free to open your own blog and write about me or whatever else it is you want and spew as much stupidity and hate as you want.  I don’t care.  However, just like I won’t allow you to enter my physical house and bully me…I won’t allow it here either.  There are a few places that offer free blog space like Blogspot and WordPress.  Find one and have a good time bashing/flaming/being mean.  Just don’t do it here.

2.  I don’t always reply to comments or comment on other blogs that leave comments.  It isn’t that I don’t appreciate the attention, but that is not my purpose here.  I do find the time to at least visit the blogs in question, but unless I actually have something legitimate to say, I won’t bother…just as I don’t expect anyone to comment on my blog either or reply to my comments just because they feel obligated.  Life is too short to be stressing over something like that.

3. I will not allow any flaming of me or anyone else on my blog. This is just common courtesy. I realize that for many people the internet/computer is a way to vent pent up anger and frustration that they normally would not even say to their own friends and family. However, if you WOULDN’T say it to friends, family, or public in general, don’t say it on my blog.

4. It is one thing to not agree, it is something else to totally be an a*ss. This is the most important rule, actually.You don’t have to agree with me, but you also don’t have to be a*ss while you disagree. If all you can say is something asinine, don’t bother. I reserve the right to judge posts as being asinine or not based on my own opinion. You can disagree all you want, just be intelligent about it and don’t attack me for my opinions or choices. If you feel so strongly you can’t think of an intelligent thing to say and all you can do is type in elementary school insults…don’t waste your time and move on to another blog.

5. Please at least use spell check and proof-read your comments. I HATE having to figure out what the h*ell you are talking about because of mis-spellings and bad grammar. Chances are I won’t even bother and delete/un-approve a comment. That isn’t to say the occasional mis-type can’t occur…but PLEASE by the love of all that is holy do not submit a comment if every other words is mis-spelled to the point I have not clue what the h*ell you are talking about. This also goes for run on sentences, no punctuation and non-words such as “u r”. I realize that you may not be a stellar typist, however the comment box isn’t going anywhere. You have plenty of time to peck out a decent and coherent comment so you don’t sound like an idiot not to mention that it lessens the effect of your point and you would not be taken seriously.

6. Do not type in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. Contrary to what a lot of people think, it is more difficult to read. It is one thing to punctuate what you are staying with the occasional capital letter word or phrase, but all caps will get deleted as I have bad eyesight and am unable to read your comment to see what you are trying to say and therefore will be deleted. If you must post in all one case, make it lower case. If you cannot see what you are typing and say that is why you type in all caps…then you need to get new glasses, or better yet go to the top of your browser, go to VIEW, and then change your font to LARGE.

7. I reserve the right to post and/or make fun of your comment if I feel the desire to do so. I haven’t really gotten any posts like this yet…but I wanted to put that out there just in case someone submits something that is offensive in a funny way.

8. I also reserve the right to alter/change/edit any comment as I see fit to glorify me and my blog or totally make the comment author seem more like an ass than they already are. I also reserve the right to take out your website link if, for some reason, it seems you are a spammer (for example, if your comment sounds good but your website link is hotsexybabes.com I will approve the comment, but take the link out.) You have been warned.

9. Any post that is more than 90 days old automatically has comments turned off via WordPress. It seems that most of the crap I get is on old posts.  I am sure that people have relevant things to say on my older posts…but 99.9% of the comments on my older posts are nothing but spam or hate and I just don’t have the time for that.

10. Last but not least, if it gives me a headache, I ain’t gonna allow it. It’s that simple.