This guy has been writing comments for at least a decade. I can’t remember when I put him into a spam filter but it must have been at least 6 years ago when I started writing about Syria. It doesn’t seem to matter to him that all of his comments end up in the trash. Some inner compulsion must force him to write such things that nobody reads except me when I am obligated to remove them from my trash bin like flushing the toilet after a big bowel movement. He must be a lonely soul up there in Boston (an Iranian it would appear based on past communications), who feels that he is defending the mullahs by excoriating me or in this instance my good friend Reza. One of these days when he writes me one of his comments threatening violence, I just might cross class lines and contact the cops. His IP address can easily be tracked down.
This guy is probably my daughter’s former boyfriend, an Iranian in canada whose father is a bigwig in the fire protection ministry of Iran. But he lives (the last I heard of him) in Montreal so maybe it’s not the same troll.
Comment by uh...clem — September 14, 2017 @ 12:53 am
I wish there was a “like” feature in WordPress like there is in FB since Clem’s comment deserves one.
Comment by louisproyect — September 14, 2017 @ 1:01 am
Just for blocking the lunatic, Louis, you deserve a case of Oban whiskey. Wish I had enough money to have a case sent to you!
Comment by Reza — September 14, 2017 @ 2:25 am