Smarty wrote:
Threads and replies on off-topic subjects having nothing to do with
home repair show enormous disregard and disrespect for those of us
who come here to seek help or provide help to others in home repair.

Why not take your sage advice and expert opinions about guns,
politics, and all your other bull**** to the many dozens of forums
where people congregate to discuss these matters??

Believe it or not, I agree with you.

On the other hand, when someone posts a political remark (OT or not) that is
incoherent, false, or simply insane, I try not to allow it to stand
unchallenged. I usually don't respond to those rants that are clearly the
product of a diseased or drug-addled mind. I figure most folks will likewise
disregard them and figure the source to be the computer lab in a mental
health facility.

But sometimes a defective will post something that SEEMS sort-of reasonable
on its face but causes those of us with knowledge or experience in the
matter to stand up on our hind legs and scream "May your thigh fills up with
salt water!"

Edmund Burke said: "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good
men to remain silent." Or maybe it was Pee Wee Hermann who said it - doesn't
matter, the point's still valid.