I’m not claiming it’s unjust or unfair. I just think it’s mean and unnecessary, that’s my subjective reaction.

I wouldn’t argue anything about the behavior of a veteran. Why should they be expected to behave any differently than anyone else?  Whether or not I respect them has nothing to do with my having an emotional reaction when people criticize their erstwhile presumed behavior while in combat. 

Becky did respond above.

Thanks for the feedback Rush. I can understand the subjective impression of mean. As to unnecessary, well, he still hasn't changed his tune.

My treatment of Number7 is based precisely on how he treats others and it strikes me as both fair and just.

You’re Don Quixote tilting at windmills now.

Perhaps. There are other processes in the works as well.

He was being hyperbolic. Then you made it literal.

Well, in Number5 mode those sort of errors will be exploited. And to be accurate, I did not literally call him a "baby killer". I speculated that perhaps some babies may have been killed, in a clearly hyperbolic manner.

More seriously I think this relates to a question which I asked Lucifer and was not answered. It may be a question you prefer to just disagree on and not discuss, which is fine.

But it does strike me that to claim that even literally saying "Number7 is a baby killer" in Number5 mode is somehow unjust or unfair requires one to assume that either he doesn't deserve that sort insult or that he is a veteran who should be afforded some respect. Would you argue that his behavior is becoming of a veteran and so deserves respect?

But, not to speak for him, I like to think it’s because we are almost completely aligned on our positions regarding the world.

Yes, he does not seem capable of processing or responding civilly to even the slightest degree of disagreement. I don't know what Becky's experience as a woman has been if disagreeing with him.

Now that's going too far. I was against the Vietnam War back when I was a teenaged hippie but I always HATED people calling our guys "baby killers".  Or dissing the vets in any manner at all. Most of them didn't ask to go and I'm not judging a combat vet for anything whatsoever when I nor anybody at home has first clue what it's like over there, and even as a stupid idiot teenager I understood that much.

Rush, I have to disagree. These comments are delivered in Number5 mode and clearly labelled as such. This is a special mode for Number7 and are a direct response to his abuse. They are roughly proportional.

He deserves it after his 9 years of abusing every poster here. Are you seriously proposing that there is something wrong with tit for tat under the circumstances?

It has also been made perfectly clear to him that it will stop as soon as he behaves civilly. It is totally up to him.

lol.  What do I say I am?
If you are talking about me, my politics are a lot like yours.  I'm just not an asshole about it.

It is sort of weird isn’t it? I would have to say I agree with 95+% of Number7’s actual positions. It is as though he has some strange need to antagonize and attack every single poster here. Over the years this has included virtually everyone that I would characterize as being highly liberty oriented.

I don’t think we know enough about him to really say what the cause is. Obviously there are a few brain illnesses that tend to result in this sort of behavior but one can’t diagnose without more information. Perhaps we will be learning more in the future.

Some questions for @Lucifer.

I think Little Joe brings up an interesting point. You have stated that Number7 is a veteran. How do you know that?

And do you think he reflects well upon veterans in general and thus deserves any respect for that?

I don’t think Little Joe is expecting any special respect due to private aspects which he has not disclosed.