This will be a lot easier to talk about if I quote the actual part of my post you seem to be taking issue with.
Since when is being angry an excuse to say that the only reason why you ever post here is to attack everyone on the left, calling us sheep and mentally ill?
That one word I bolded seems to be the point of contention. I will concede that it is not an accurate summary of his post. He did say he sometimes posts for other reasons. In my anger, I forgot that. However, I would argue that making such a huge deal out of that misses the forest for the trees.
The main point of my post is that, in this excerpt from his post, has told us that what type of person he is, and that we should believe him, rather than needing to come up with ways to defend him. It was that no amount of anger at being misunderstood justifies the garbage that he said.
You agree with me that what he said is disgusting. I thus do not get your need to defend him, let alone demanding I follow the principle of charity. You seem to have forgotten that I’ve also said that I have my limits with that principle.
I’ve made it abundantly clear many times that I do not tolerate those who attack the mentally ill. What he did in my eyes is no different than someone saying that the posters here are bunch of leftist n-words. He used mental illness as an insult.
And, if you think that’s harsh, consider that he has now replied to my other post, where I gave him a chance to take it back. He instead doubled down, saying he’s “not here to make friends.”
So, no, he didn’t say he only ever posts to troll or try to “slap sheep.” But he did admit that is something he does here. And he decided that it was okay to attack the mentally ill and that this describes those who disagree with him. That’s disgusting.
In other words, he told us what type of person he is. We should believe him, rather than feeling a need to defend him.
Edit: And I just now read that he attacked @Sunny_Daze with the fact she had previously sought out therapy. You know, the same thing Shodan did that was the beginning of the end of his posting here.
So, yeah. He told us what type of person he is. It wasn’t a fluke. I will argue that, for such a person, the principle of charity does not apply.
Someone who was just angry would have taken back the worst parts, not gone further with them.