When Martin is posting in an appropriate way, I have no problem with him. But his attempt to now alibi what he has done in the past is revisionist history. The fact is he came here with a chip on his shoulder towards "pseudo intellectuals" and people whose views are on the left side of the spectrum. I don't have a lick of problem with conservatives who vigorously respond to the discussion from their perspective. When those attacks are vicious personal smears lacking completely in content, and designed to hurt others, then I have a problem. Martin's attempt to rehabilitate his past image is commendable as long as it sticks to moving ahead with promoting his views with respect to the views of others. There is nothing he can do to change what he has said in the past, and at times it has been despicable. Those who defend him are johnny come latelies who weren't here and aren't really aware of how coarse he was, or the same folks that would do anything to attack what they perceive as the "ruling elite" of Mudcats.

I have, at times, agreed with Martin's position on things like Israel and anti semitism. Given the fact that it is the position here not to block cookies and deny membership, it seems to me that he will be with us for a long while. As long as his attacks are issue oriented, as opposed to personal, I feel it is appropriate to have discourse and try to learn from one another. When he posts as he has above, then a discussion is a good thing.

But ya can't revise history, bub, and you have been a mean fella. No amount of "rewrite" will change that. Let's see how it goes moving forward.

Mick