Opinion of Jfern?

[John Dibble]

I don't like jfern, but I'm going to try to be fair about this and I do hope he'll read this with an open mind.

He's horribly, bitterly partisan, and he has a deep hatred of the other side that I see as very unhealthy, which is also the biggest contributing factor to his poor reputation on this forum. He also seems to have a sense of self-righteousness that oft crosses into arrogance. He's given examples of this in this very thread with statements like "people here hate facts" - he needs to learn that we don't hate facts, we simply disagree on what the facts are - or that "I'm clearly right" - if he was clearly right people here would agree with him more often. He needs to accept the possibility that he might be wrong, as nobody is infallible, but more importantly he needs to accept the possibility that the other side might actually be right. Further, he just needs to plain calm down. Most people on this forum are above average intelligence and are willing to have a calm, rational debate on the issues but his attitude just gets in the way of him being a part of that.  We're all human beings here, so we should at least try to get along.

Now, to his credit I do think he has a strong sense of justice, and that his opinions are honest and that he really does care. He's very passionate about it. In this sense he's a freedom fighter, though I certainly disagree with him on the freedoms he's fighting for. While I do admire that passion he has, I think it's the reason he's got those afformentioned problems - he let's his passion and sense of judgement rule his reason, and thusly he gets very emotional. That's not to say his passion is in itself a bad thing, but he really needs to get it under control and employ it properly, and if he manages to do so could become a respected member here and elsewhere.

I don't think either of these poll options really fit him, but if I have to vote I'll say he's a horribly misguided freedom fighter.

[John Dibble]

He's horribly, bitterly partisan, and he has a deep hatred of the other side that I see as very unhealthy, which is also the biggest contributing factor to his poor reputation on this forum. He also seems to have a sense of self-righteousness that oft crosses into arrogance.

That could be said about anyone here.

Not really - there are plenty of non-partisan people here on all sides who don't hate the other side.