XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy   
   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Jan 8, 2026 at 3:25:07 AM MST, ""Joel W. Crump"" wrote   
   <7CL7R.1641299$Pf33.546446@fx18.iad>:   
      
   > On 1/7/26 5:44 PM, Brock McNuggets wrote:   
   >> On Jan 6, 2026 at 1:27:31 PM MST, ""Joel W. Crump"" wrote   
   >> :   
   >>> On 1/6/26 1:41 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >>>> On 2026-01-05 17:02, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2026-01-05 19:59, Alan wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>    
   >>>>   
   >>>> Coward.   
   >>>   
   >>> He is, but not really because of that, well bringing Snit into it is   
   >>> ridiculous, but nevertheless if there *were* truth to "Snit-like" here,   
   >>> it would definitely apply to you.  You avoid real debate, consistently,   
   >>> and have the nerve to wonder why people think you're just a shill.   
   >>   
   >> I am happy to have real discussions and even debates... but those who troll   
   me   
   >> run. They snip, they lie, they twist... they are here just to cause harm.   
   >   
   > I've seen regulars have a problem with you but never give a valid reason   
   > for it.   
      
   The main reasons I can tell:   
      
   * Frequent posting. I can see that as a legit complaint... esp. when so much   
   of it has been responding to obvious insane trolling.   
      
   * While I advocate(d) for Linux, speaking of using it in schools and even   
   helping many students use it at school and home, and talk about the benefits   
   of doing so, I also spoke of benefits of other systems, especially macOS. But   
   even as I did so I shared my view that people should use what they like -- I   
   am a tech advocate who sees value in Linux, macOS, and Windows (and more).   
   Some did not see that as "pure" enough.   
      
   * I tend to focus on usability issues over specs. I do not care if the chip in   
   a computer is a Dorito -- I care what I (or users in general) can do with it.   
   This is a different focus than many. Does not mean there is no value in   
   looking at specs, but TO ME that value is limited to what it means in terms of   
   usability. For example, in the modern world RAM is *very* important if you   
   want to play with LLMs, but I would focus on what the LLM could do -- and the   
   fact Macs have unified memory where the GPU has full access might give them an   
   advantage over some other systems (but what would matter more is real world   
   testing, not what "should" be).   
      
   * I have a strong focus on equal rights. For everyone. Male, female, other.   
   Black, white, red, yellow, brown, green, purple... I do not care. Christian.   
   Jewish, atheist, Muslim, native American faiths, any other -- all good to me   
   -- what I care about is how you treat others. There are, sadly, many who   
   promote special entitlements -- most commonly for cishet white male   
   Christians, and many of those support special entitlements for the very rich.   
   This is adjacent to white supremacist thinking and I have no issue calling   
   that out or expressing contrary (equal rights) ideas.   
      
   --   
   It's impossible for someone who is at war with themselves to be at peace with   
   you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)