Eric F. Richards wrote:

First off, you came in here, guns blazing


This isn't some private mens' club. It's public. Anyone can post any
thing, at any time. PROPER netiquette dictates that your *welcome*
visitors, not insult them by saying they are stupid or have tin ears,
or accuse them of being trolls.

YOU are to blame with your lousy behavior.

I merely am defending myself from the hostility.