Originally Posted by marilynk

If you ignore certain posters/do not respond to them, you take away their power. If the best response a person can give is "blah, blah, blah..." or "I have to keep my thoughts simple for you"; do you really think that they want to have a meaningful discussion?

By engaging these types of posters, you (the general you) allow them to be part of the conversation and bring in their negativity or spin.

Instead of "if you build it, they will come", try thinking "If I ignore them they will go away". It works for me.

This is directed at no one in particular...just an observation.