If there's one thing we here at Housing.com do not support, it's
censorship. Our whole premise is about educating buyers, sellers, and
everyone in between with information that is hopefully enlightening
and funny. It's one thing to block a commenter if they're a spam
troll, post abusive statements, etc., but we would never ban or block
anyone simply for posting a divergent view. Hell, I danced a jig the
day we finally installed comments on the blog. ;)
Robert Cote of Exurban Nation has claimed we are attacking him
personally and blocking his comments in response from appearing here.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Movable Type's software is
ridiculously glitch-prone and causes us endless problems--many of my
own comments often end up in the "junk" folder, and I have to dig them
out myself. At no time did we ever deliberately prevent Robert--or
anyone--from commenting here.
As far as personal attacks, the worst thing I said was that I found
his ideology toward upside-down homeowners to be "heartless." Given what he said about it here, I'll let you, the readers, judge for
yourselves. But at no time did I ever intend to denigrate his personal
character in any way. You can dislike a person's belief without
disliking them, and I apologise if that was ever thought to be the
case. If anyone has spread rumors on the Internets claiming otherwise
(which I doubt), well, you're wrong. Period.
I heartily recommend reading Robert's blog, actually, as I champion
home buyers getting out there and learning as much as they can, from
as many points of view as they can. I make no bones about starting a
blog war, but you can battle over an opinion and still want to go out
for a drink afterwards. At least I can.
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Housing Market: A Note To Robert Cote
If there's one thing we here at Housing.com do not support, it's
censorship. Our whole premise is about educating buyers, sellers, and
everyone in between with information that is hopefully enlightening
and funny. It's one thing to block a commenter if they're a spam
troll, post abusive statements, etc., but we would never ban or block
anyone simply for posting a divergent view. Hell, I danced a jig the
day we finally installed comments on the blog. ;)
Robert Cote of Exurban Nation has claimed we are attacking him
personally and blocking his comments in response from appearing here.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Movable Type's software is
ridiculously glitch-prone and causes us endless problems--many of my
own comments often end up in the "junk" folder, and I have to dig them
out myself. At no time did we ever deliberately prevent Robert--or
anyone--from commenting here.
As far as personal attacks, the worst thing I said was that I found
his ideology toward upside-down homeowners to be "heartless." Given
what he said about it here, I'll let you, the readers, judge for
yourselves. But at no time did I ever intend to denigrate his personal
character in any way. You can dislike a person's belief without
disliking them, and I apologise if that was ever thought to be the
case. If anyone has spread rumors on the Internets claiming otherwise
(which I doubt), well, you're wrong. Period.
I heartily recommend reading Robert's blog, actually, as I champion
home buyers getting out there and learning as much as they can, from
as many points of view as they can. I make no bones about starting a
blog war, but you can battle over an opinion and still want to go out
for a drink afterwards. At least I can.
