Look, I appreciate the advice.  I mean that.  But I will not take it.  While I do contribute constructively -- many forum members have bit-tipped me already -- I also have no problem calling out mad people for what they are, and giving up on them.  I really don't have time to yell at clouds.

To share with you what I've seen in the past week: I've already had two forum mods remove posts where I point out "So-and-so is on my ignore list for ".  It would appear, from my perspective, that madness and verbal abuse is openly tolerated here, but pointing out those behaviors in people is not.  That is already a sign of a dysfunctional community, where the bullies run amok, and the people who are affected by the bullies are not permitted to weigh in on that.

And, you know, I will probably be banned very soon.  I am okay with that.  If me pointing out the sociopathy and other assorted dysfunctional behaviors of certain people here, is going to get me banned, then that would mean the forum owners inexplicably *want* these dysfunctions here.  I would rather not participate in a community of that character, so getting banned for that reason would be good for me.  I already have plenty good people in my life -- I have a real-world community of real-world voluntaryists in my area, a radio show, a Facebook page with quite a few followers, hundreds of followers on Twitter, thousands of RSS subcribers to my blog, lots of people who follow my Reddit feed, and my own Reddit communities.  If I really need to talk to sensible people, there's plenty willing to listen to and support me, as surely as I am willing to listen to and support them.