Conclusion

In the Uniform Code of Military Justice, you will find the phrase “pattern of misconduct” used to describe situations wherein a service member has committed multiple, repeated, minor infractions against “the UCMJ, military regulations, the civil law, and time-honored customs and traditions of the military”, and while each of those infractions are insufficient individually to discharge the member from the military, collectively they show a definable pattern of “conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline” and thus a reason to get that rotten apple out of the basket.

Likewise, once upon a time, our Founding Fathers used the phrase “a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing from the same Object” to refer to the repeated injustices King George III forced upon the American colonists; each injustice, in and of itself, was insufficient cause to engage in a shooting war, but when taken as a group… well, here we are, not speaking the Queen’s English.

When you take them one-by-one, Robert Farago’s infractions against the laws of the land, common courtesy, and the accepted mores and customs of the internet are not that serious, and something that can be waved aside as a momentary lapse in better judgment. However, when you look at the dataset as a whole, and realize that these are repeated infractions, often of the same type despite others pointing out and his admitting error in regards to similar infractions in the past… well, the “long train of abuses” or “pattern of misconduct” become quite clear.

I am not one to tell people what they should or should not do, but why would you support a site that engages in such intentionally malicious behavior, whether that support is with links, with views, or with comments? Why would you encourage such reprehensible behavior, tacitly through traffic or actively through actually defending it? Why would you tolerate these kinds of attacks – both outright and backhanded – against the rights protected by the Second Amendment and against those who would stand up to defend and exercise them?

I, for one, am not going to, and I sincerely hope you take a moment and consider the activities documented in here before you continue visiting The Truth About Guns, or link to them in the future. Thank you for your time – if you read through this whole thing you deserve some kind of award.