"If we could just ignore those who thrive on controversy and personal attacks and refuse to answer or acknowledge them, then they will probably give up and go away. The venom will always be here, but we have the power not to take the bait and get bitten."
nice words, but you can't seem to let the ML thing die away, so you are just as guilty as he is. And the fact that you keep bringing up his past attacks IS an attack.