So I Got My First Zero Rating

I've debated posting this in an open thread vs. wasting people's time with a diary like this, but I figure this is one way I might get the attention of the person who gave me this zero and other seemingly frivolous/malicious ratings.

And I'd really like to discuss this and my (apparently) offending behavior with him/her.

At first, I was surprised  by these ratings, because I try really hard to compose polite posts here. What shocked me more though waswhen I saw that I earned it for writing a response in the thread yesterday about what campaign contributions I've made.

Then the "Ah ha!" light bulb went off and I found four ones from the same person including one that troll rated a comment I made where I called in question the accuracy of a Weekly Standard column (and Murdoch publications in general) .

So...I had earlier assigned 2 ratings to three of kamosa's comments in which I found language that struck me as abusive.  So this is my payback.

Okay.

But to Kamosa--if you're reading this, I want to say this:

I've stated my opinion about Nader and the Greens many times in the numerous and often gratuitous threads on these topics at d/Kos. If your posts seemed like you were interested in engaging in a real dialogue about these topics, I might have done so again yesterday. We have, I think, I had a civil--if mutually dissenting--dialogue in this before.

 But no. You vented the same vituperative spleen that I've read from you and others on Nader and the Greens many times. It doesn't really invite a reasoned response--just more spleen from the other side...which I don't do in these threads.

So, because you wrote things like

All they know is devisive spite.  Apealing to their sense of reason is a lost cause.  All along this was the path that the Nader candidacy was going to take.  Nader, with his RNC money, his endorcement by the Pat Buchannon loyalist Reform party, and his money from conservative think tank speaking fees, will not save the left.

You may not like John Kerry, but chosing Nader of Kerry is like dumping Pepsi for Crack Cocaine because caffeine is addictive.

and

They lie and say they are the same, but when ever we move toward them, they move the goals.  They are liars about their agenda and their attempt to bring back the right wing shill that is Nader only proves it.

and

But nothing unifies us with the Greens.  They are the enemy, the same as the Republicans and the Reform party.  They are only interested in getting as many votes as they can for their cause and they will nominate any ol right wing shill (IE Nader) they can to try to desperately gain attention and votes.  

They can't win and they don't care about the world or any of the rest of us that want to get rid of Bush before he unleashes WWIII.

I gave you twos.

You gave my posts ones and a zero. Care to tell me why?

The ironic thing is: I think the only other "1" I ever got was from Radiotony for a negative comment I made about...are you ready?...Ralph Nader.

As the Wicked Witch of the West moaned as she melted: "What a world! What a world!"