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Thanks for replying. I did indeed read your message but didn’t see a connection to the thread. Please don’t blame me for being honest about how your comment conveys (to me, and likely others, too).

Rather than ignoring your comment, I was open about how it came across. Some people don’t like that level of directness. It is hard to take feedback gracefully, I get it. A lot of people prefer to counterpunch.

Also, I think it’s probably a stretch to hope a person will read or skim through the quantity of words you’ve quoted at length and linked. Think about the readers. Whether you like it or not, you have convince people that it’s worth their time, one way or another.

To use your metaphor, you didn’t lead the horse to the water. The horse didn’t see water; it saw a pile of undrinkable words.

What an awful phrase. Leading a horse to water is about giving an opportunity to drink. If you lead a horse to water and it doesn’t drink, it likely means it’s not thirsty! You don’t yell at the horse for not drinking it.

All this said, I do sincerely appreciate you taking the time to reply.