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  1. MM, I’m not sure if your 1:51 post is meant for me. If so, I would never suggest you don’t call *rob* on his posts, but people telling him to shut up is another matter.

    And I also think there’s a great deal of disagreement about what constitutes an “inappropriate post”. I got at least a dozen emails yesterday from people trying to figure out what *rob* said about Haiti that was so terrible. People were left guessing what was so terrible about the voodoo remark and the 24/7 media coverage remark, and yet his comment that the whole situation in Haiti was really terrible was conveniently overlooked.

    I don’t think everything *rob* says is hunky dory. When he says something truly inappropriate, I call him on it, or I simply ignore him. But I also enjoy when his posts are funny (often irreverent, but funny) and insightful.

    The bigger problem that people like Snappy and I have is that it seems like some people think every single word *rob* posts is inappropriate and are just lying in wait to pounce on him. Biff is right that *rob* doesn’t need me to defend him. But he’s my friend, and I like him, and he makes me laugh, and I don’t like to see him relentlessly attacked, any more than I like to see anyone else here attacked.

    I’m not interested in posting on a homogenous blog that practices “group think”. Benson quit the OT. Others are also gone. *rob* appears to be the next target. After that, who? Me? Snappy?

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