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Hi Tony,

Yes indeed, by default this is a place where critiques happen and opinions abound, and I have no problem with that and I'm sorry if my posts led you to believe that I do.

As I said, by virtue of the fact that we are free to join or NOT join these "clubs" makes whining about how "ugliness happens here" kind of moot, since we are always free to go. But if enough ugliness happens, many of those people that are free to go actually do. It happened in the last election cycle and in periods where trollery was more rampant. If you are around here come next election season, you will see what I mean.

My original post was talking about two entirely different things which might have led to some confusion. Opinions we have about a peer's work and opinions we have about a recording artist's work.

But with both, I find it gets dicey when some folks attempt to back their "opinion" with their credentials rather than persuasive speech or debate. That's just lazy. And ugly.

It happens in reverse to, some folks, when you've shared your subjective opinion will say (in so many words), "why should I listen to you? What have you ever done?" --and with that you are left feeling like you have to submit a resume' or something or they won't feel obliged to listen to what you say. That is also lazy and ugly. .

But no, I am fine with the day-to-day stuff which can get a little harsh but hey, such is life.

Mike