Is that a 2 way street?
Originally Posted by IIFFOFRDB
Well, let's see.
Suppose that one of the forum's most prolific posters happens to have a penchant for popping off with claims that someone is "ignorant" or "sounds stupid," whether or not that's the case. Suppose that he starts a thread on an alternative tax system (the FairTax) that he's made no effort to understand. Then suppose that when someone tries to correct his obviously erroneous statements so that he can resolve his misunderstanding of the issue, he launches a series of insult-laden posts containing nary a word on why he disagrees, or how he's tried to gain some semblance of understanding the issue.
Suppose further that somewhere in this tirade of insults, he falsely claims to have "taught university level economics," despite having no understanding whatsoever of the most elementary concepts familiar to every freshman econ 101 student (such as marginal propensity to consume, among others).
In a case such as that, don't you think a one-way street might be a handy expedient for the ignorant fraud who continued making a fool of himself?
That way, he could make a quick exit and not find an easy way back into an embarrassing place.