~snip~
That was a good read

Where do you find the time and energy for this?
Thanks. I spent the requisite time and energy, because this is about more than BayAreaCoins: It is about freedom, and it is a matter of principle.
I would have gone for this:

This is the impression I get when I read
Trade Runner's Sent feedback. If you can't handle people who hurt your feelings, maybe the internet isn't for you.
I found this discussion through Trade Runner’s sent feedback—which, in turn, I found by happenstance
through your flags support thread.
My immediate impression was of somebody swooning, “Oh my god, somebody is selling
(gasp! gulp!) guns on the Internet! With...
Bitcoin! STOP IT! STOP IT!”
It is all too oft how modern tyrannies start. A few unhinged obsessives push, and push—until they get a pitchfork-wielding mob demanding Paypalish restrictions. What if
nobody pushes back?