Snippy Breitbart Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro has filed assault charges against Zoey Tur, the transgender reporter he deliberately provoked by asking, “What are your genetics, sir?”
Tur responded by cooly placing her hand on the back of Shapiro’s neck, icily advising, “You cut that out right now, or you’ll go home in an ambulance.”
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“That seems mildly inappropriate for a political discussion,” Shapiro sniffed, clearly rattled.
“You just called me sir.”
“It’s not rude to call someone who is biologically a male is a male.”
“You’re consumed with hatred,” Tur later tells Shapiro. ” You’re a little man. It’s okay… He can be what he wants. Little boy.”
“I come from a basic biological reality,” Shapiro argues. “It’s not a moral thing. If someone wants to mutilate their body, that’s their choice. Cutting off your testicles is mutilation.”
The altercation took place during a panel discussion about Caitlyn Jenner’s recent Arthur Ashe Courage Award on Dr. Drew on Call. In his police report — which Shapiro filed with the Los Angeles Police Department on Sunday morning — he claims Tur continued threatening him after their appearance, a claim which she’s denied. Although, there was this :
We second that.
The whole segment is worth taking a look at, although we should warn you that Shapiro is hyperdelically annoying. You run the risk of ramming your head through the computer screen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=488&v=LwtzxCzVky0
h/t: Gay Star News
Phranc Azzhee
She must’ve really got under your skin, shapeero! Ha ha ha. Go Zoey
Nathan Darvish
Good luck proving damages.
Carlos Zuniga
That little boy needs to grow some balls and stop being a pussy
MCHG
Of course Shapiro was wrong to call her “sir”, but what did she expect going into a debate with someone who doesn’t believe in transitioning?
You cannot threaten someone with physical violence during a political debate. You’re downright dumb to threaten someone with cameras and an audience around too.
Stephen Benoit Talbott
AtticusBennett
Shapiro’s words were a threat to the entire transgender community. it’s not “just words”. it’s harmful. it’s a de-legitimizing, harmful and bigoted promotion of ignorance.
my take will be unpopular. won’t be the first or last time for that.
by addressing this woman as “Sir”, Shapiro was harming the trans community. mocking them. denigrating them. demeaning them. de-legitimizing them. and that is harmful. and it affects how many young trans people feel, and it affects how many bigoted people continue to feel about transgender people.
the exchange, from Sniveling brat Shapiro to a trans woman Zoey Tur: “What are your genetics, sir?”
-“You should cut that out now,” an unshaken Tur replied, “or you’ll go home in an ambulance”
Calling that woman “Sir” was an attack on the entire transgender community. It would be like Shapiro calling a gay panelist “Faggot”, pejoratively, on the air.
And if it had been me, i’d have knocked his teeth out. And proudly accepted my “punishment” for it.
And yet, feeble minds say “well, it’s just words…” no. they’re not. “just words” were what kept you boys closeted for years. “just words” are those things that lead many grown-adult gay men to still live timid-ass lives, worrying each day about “people knowing/being able to tell” that they’re gay.
And for all the kumbaya talk of “changing hearts and minds” – bigots like Shapiro will never change. He, like Ann Coulter, exists solely to say bigoted things that the low-thinking mouth-breathers at home will cheer for. Bigotry. ignorance. and he will never come around. he has no reason to. he makes his money by pandering to the scum of america.
Shapiro exists to provoke and bully, then play “VICTIM!” when it’s thrown back at him. And I’m sick of it.
Stonewall means fight back. And there are too many people who will never, ever change. And they’re not afraid of us.
I’m saying it’s passed the time that they *should* be. Their words keep people scared an in the closet. Turn the tables. Make the bigots run in fear. It’s long overdue.
jimmycurry01
She should have taken the higher ground. Placing your hand on someone and threatening violence is only going to lead to trouble.
Bob LaBlah
Hopefully the choice of Zoey Tur will be reconsidered as far as a panelist on this topic/science project goes. I stand totally with the black panelist and Shapiro in their conclusions of just what is going on with this “social experiment” who’s gracing on the cover of Vogue in an getup suggesting sex instead of acceptance. The intentions should be “say what you want but in 2015 we are letting it roll off and marching on toward acceptance” instead of “m/f’er, don’t have me turn this platform in to the Jerry Springer show by saying shit I don’t like”. Why is it there are never any segments highlighting JOB SKILLS such as nurses, doctors, attorneys……….why the hell must everything be about fashion or a group of queens going back and forth about who is and who isn’t “representing” the community? Has ANYONE noticed that regardless of whether one is an “out” or “closeted” transgender one is expected to work and support themselves legally as in a job/profession? I am all celebrity/panelist/actor/actress out here. Lets get some successful, professional everyday folks up here now to show the MAJORITY of the community instead of nothing else but media whores interested only in running their mouths.
The black guy in the shirt and tie made the most sense here. I bet by next Friday Tur will be on Jerry Springer. He is that type of material.
AtticusBennett
@jimmycurry01: and Shapiro’s words are taken to heart by every mouth-breathing bigot in america, some of whom have transgender children that they’re harming, every day, by repeating Shapiro’s brand of hateful bullshit.
you promote anti-trans rhetoric and you are in effect condoning violence, discrimination, persecution and oppression of transgender people. it’s “only going to lead to trouble”, to use your own words.
Ladbrook
Shapiro is most likely a closeted homosexual anyway, so we shouldn’t be surprised that he’s turning his wretched self-hatred on the trans community.
Prior to Obergefell, his was one of the loudest and most vile voices on the side of bigotry. Since he lost that fight, and needs to stay relevant on the far-right to earn a paycheck, pay his rent, and purchase the silence of the men he (probably) secretly has sex with… hence, his silly lawsuit, which is clearly designed to garner attention, clicks, and donor-dollars from all the correct right-wingers.
Someone needs to expose this disgusting pig for whatever he really is. The sooner the better.
MarionPaige
what’s really hilarious is that had a man put his hand on a woman’s shoulder and hinted at the woman going home in an ambulance, the taping of the show would have halted and security would have been called. And, calling the guy “a little boy”, as if it’s okay for someone professing to be transgender to insult a man’s masculinity, just shows that someone needs to spend a lot more time working through their gender issues.
Will Moor
@AtticusBennett: I am with you 100%.
Bob LaBlah
@MarionPaige: It really gives credence to this fact: dress be damned deep down you are what you were. If you too have a violent streak in you the dress, stockings and pumps is not going to take that away.
I really do wish space and time would allow for more about the backgrounds of people featured in articles on online sites regardless of their targeted audience. I read a hard copy newspaper every morning because I prefer to read details that help explain a situation or event and those involved. In my honest opinion, based on what I saw, Tur is there for no other reason than to support Jenner. It would be nice if he were invited back to discuss his being a pilot and why some transgendered youth could consider that (sexual orientation be damned the flight school will be more than happy to teach you as long as you can pay for the lessons). As I have said, the hell with running around giving the impression the only damn thing transgendered folks can do is wear a damn dress and accessories. Lets show some do have smarts upstairs as well.
I am not transgender and I also say I find this show a travesty instead of a help. This could have been thought out/presented much better by all involved, including the narrator. I can’t/won’t condone Jerry Springerism.
MarionPaige
just stop for a minute and examine the psychology of a man dressed up as a woman not hesitating to insult the masculinity of another man. I mean, “the logic” at work here is down right scary
Will Moor
The dude screaming about how rich and white she is annoyed me almost as much because who is HE to speak for the Trans community either? His rage over a silly award was a bit extreme. But what annoyed me the most about what he said was that he hated her message. WHAT was there to hate about a single thing she said regarding Trans issues that night?
ngblog
@AtticusBennett: So when Tur refered to the person who was at the center of the Michigan Planet Fitness controversy a dangerous predator who was really going to the bathroom to perv on a women; and when used Male pronouns when mocking Dawn Innis – he called Dawn, Don during a phone interview on The Becky Juro Show- that’s okay because why exactly?
AtticusBennett
@ngblog: Tur, i believe, was incorrect in the planet fitness case. Tur is not a leader nor a legit psychologist or expert on the psychology of transpeople.
but in this case, Tur was dead right.
Professor Fate
Sorry Zoey, that definitely was a threat. Especially after you,laid you hands on him. Think if the situation had been reversed.
Professor Fate
@Professor Fate: … laid your hands….
Alex Rothwell
Shapiro is an idiot.
aliengod
Tur had no right to put his hands on Mr. Shapiro, no matter how he felt about the comment he’d made. I’m sure he won’t receive much of a punishment, but maybe he’ll learn his lesson.
AtticusBennett
@Professor Fate: the situation was already reversed. Shapiro’s insulting use of the male pronoun is an attack on the transgender community. because of the constant denigration of trans people, encouraged by bigots like Shapiro, transgender people continue to be on the received end of not just hatred but outright violence.
and, yeah, it’s about time these bigots felt the fear and the pain of violence.
the KKK should get their @sses beat, and so should Shapiro.
James Machinski
Zoey is every bit a lady and as such wouldn’t deck the insulting Shapiro. If she had, few would have been surprised or found fault with her.
Sansacro
I’m 100% w Tur.
Chris
@AtticusBennett: I agree with one small addition. In the U.S., we have this thing called “fighting words” that, people have successfully argued in court, is the first provocation so that what happens afterwards is construed as self-defense. Shapiro used “fighting words,” every bit as much as using any insulting term to its respective ethnic minority (don’t make me spell it out!) creates a fight. Zoey was acting in self defense.
Josh447
Regardless of how one strategizes what went down, Shapiro is one Class A CryBaby. He brings new meaning to the word Twerp.
Josh447
And what did he sue for? Oh that’s right, lowering his self esteem. And replacement diapers for the ones he peed in on set.
SteveDenver
Before transition, Zoey was tougher than Bruce will ever be and she probably still is. I wouldn’t be surprised if she gets a stern phone call from Bruce’s mom. I wish she had just popped him in the mouth.
DimAsAnEmber
I can’t say I don’t support Zoey Tur. She seems to be a very smart and incisive reporter, and I liked what she said, both to Shapiro and to the panel. But she shouldn’t have touched him. As inappropriate and disrespectful as Ben was, Zoey was the one who took it to the next level of disagreement. Shapiro was verbally combative, and I wish I could watch her beat him up, because it would be the equivalent of a ninth Harry Potter movie for me. But that doesn’t make it right, and she shouldn’t have laid her hands on him.
sweetbrandigirl2004
@MCHG: Yes it’s not a good strategy to say things on tape in front of other people. BUT with that said he provoked her and that is a legal defense. Guy goes into a bar he’s minding his own busy another guy turns to him and says hey buddy you got a light ? First guy says yeah and give him one. Guy who asked for a light says I just left your mothers house and she blew me good. Guy who gave the light punches him. Yes, this is assault but it was provoked so he’s innocent.
Realitycheck
I am amazed the term mental illness was used so many time without
any strong rebuttal.
pjm1
Technically, Shapiro made a criminal complaint with, i assume, the appropriate
police department. The police will then gather the facts and potentially could charge
Tur. More likely, the police will forward the information to the local prosecutor who
will decide whether to bring charges (which appears unlikely).
Shapiro could file a civil suit but that would be separate from the criminal matter.
excusemydust
Mr. Shapiro is a small-minded, bigoted, disrespectful piece of trash. However, Ms. Tur shouldn’t have touched him. Filing an assault charge is just further evidence of how pathetic Shapiro is, though.
Roan
Pressing assault charges is not filing a lawsuit. California recognizes simple assault as a misdemeanor. Prosecuting this action is a matter for the State. Her actions meet the threshold of simple assault in California. It’s going to be big pain in the ass for her and end in fine. However, he didn’t file a lawsuit and I doubt he will. There are no damages to collect.
silveroracle
Mr Shapiro. Have a word with yourself.
dwbyers1960
Gay Nazi’s all of you!
stephen driscoll
Ben Shapiro tosses around words like mental illness and delusional while sitting there wearing a yarmulke. There’s nothing more delusional than religion. He’s a nasty, self-loathing, closeted homosexual. I would pity him were he not so mean-spirited and such a potential threat to the civil rights of others through that right wing outfit he works for.
dwbyers1960
@stephen driscoll: And Zoey wasn’t mean spirited you hypocrite.
Saint Law
@aliengod: Did a transwoman punch you in the head?
It would explain your bitterness and your stupidity.
Saint Law
Dissing trans-men and women is your right-wing fag’s substitute for being accepted by a movement that hates him.
That way they get to play bigot too, just like the bigots they worship.
aliengod
@Saint Law: Not sure what you mean by that? But no, I’ve never been punched in the head by a “transwoman”. I’m not bitter at all. I just think it’s silly to think a man putting on a dress and cutting off his penis makes him a woman. It doesn’t. It just makes him a cross-dresser that’s had plastic surgery. It’s perfectly in a person’s rights and I have no problem with it. I don’t like Ben Shapiro’s politics, but I don’t see how him calling this guy “sir” is any kind of story. It certainly didn’t give Zoey the right to put his hands on him. As far as an assault charge, that’s pushing it a bit far.
Realitycheck
@stephen driscoll: He might very well have his grand father disease, Ben Shapiro is most likely delusional-bipolar.
Realitycheck
@aliengod: Cut the crap, you know very well that Ben Shapiro The Bipolar calling the guy Sir was an intentionally deep driven emotional blow, it was just plain wrong.
Ben Shapiro the Bipolar was not trying to be polite or proper he was simply striking an easy target and that is plain despicable, now the entire world knows what kind od person Ben Shapiro the Bipolar is.
frank778
Wow! Read the comments, story and headline before I watched the tape Go Zoey! The only thing bruised was Shapiro’s ego. She got him and got him good. I wish she had continued to call him a little boy. As someone said she got under his skin. He “lost” to a “mentally ill” person and the big boys back at the office probably embarrassed him more. He got less than he really deserved.
da90027
Verbally threatening this little punk and actually doing it are two different things. This little boy is a pussy and just wants attention. His lawsuit will go nowhere. I would pay good money to see her box this little shit in a ring. LOL
Professor Fate
@AtticusBennett: Sorry, Atticus, but that does not qualify as an “assault” on the part of Mr. Shapiro.
Jacob23
“Heated discussion” my butt. The transgender threatened violence and put his huge man hands on Shapiro. That’s not a discussion. Some commenters above try to destroy the distinction b/t words and violence. That’s a recipe for disaster for gay people. That would give a license to anyone in Alabama to declare that pro-gay speech is violence against the family and to take physical action.
We should avoid the pathology and violence of transgender subculture. These folks have a very long history of physically attacking people with whom they disagree. They have more in common with Nazi skinheads than they do with LGBs.
Avery Alvarez
Shapiro is an intellectually and morally bankrupt troll, and, in my opinion, an unsatisfied bottom. He certainly wasn’t looking for civil discourse, he was acting as an agent provocateur and nearly got his way.
Tur should not have put her hands on Shapiro. Watching that spectacle, I’m sure we all wanted to. But it would have been wrong, legally and morally.
I agree with what others have said, troll Shapiro right back. I guess this only works if you’re quick and witty, though, so you don’t just sound like a child throwing insults. I don’t know much of Ms. Tur, and if she’s capable of it.
dwbyers1960
Zoey is an ugly troll…I wouldn’t want it’s hands on me either. Any unwanted touch is harassment.
Giancarlo85
Shapiro is a nasty little right wing dipshit. Just like some of the dipshits on here who always attack trans people because they are bigoted and screwed up because of demented childhoods.
Kinda like Jacob23 who always needs to chime in with his uselessly stupid and vapid responses on trans people. Every single post this guy makes is like what Shapiro has said. Air headed, vapid and pathetic with no real moral standing.
Jacob23 is an extremely violent person I think and has even made suggestions of violence towards trans people to get them removed from the community. Oh and good one on violating Godwin’s law, Jacob. Your entire argument has now been invalidated because you brought up Nazis. Could you get anymore stupid?
dwbyers1960
@Giancarlo85: Then I guess that makes you a left wing gay nazi.
tricky ricky
case gets tossed and shapiro laughed out of court responsible for all costs.
tricky ricky
@Jacob23: I’ve often said the transgender movement should never been allowed to attach itself to the gay rights movement. the issues are not the same and never have been.
Billy Phelps
Ben Shapiro is a whiny little cunt.
Transiteer
First refuge of a right-wing-nut Coward – a law suit. I’m surprised he didn’t yell christian bullshit religious wrath upon her. What a wimp. Probably hung like Mickey Mouse.
Celtic
Ben Shapiro needs to be put to bed without his supper.
jwtraveler
“Tur responded by cooly placing her hand on the back of Shapiro’s neck, icily advising, “You cut that out right now, or you’ll go home in an ambulance.”
That doesn’t seem like very ladylike behavior.
RobvR
Shapiro was very rude by keeping to use “he” and “him”. Tur’s reaction however wasn’t a sign of sofistication either. If someone would talk to me like that in any discussion (though I’d never be as rude as Shapiro) I would end it right there. Threatening with violence is a sign of weakness.
inbama
Tur’s response to Shapiro’s misgendering showed he wasn’t all wrong.
darian
@dwbyers1960: I see that marriage equality got you real salty huh? That’s ok talk to Jesus I’m sure he cares.
Hun
Shapiro should know a thing or two about “mutilated genitals.”
Brian Nesbitt
What a loser. And good for zoey!
Giancarlo85
@tricky ricky: The issues aren’t the same huh? Wrong. It is all about being treated equally. You just can’t stand trans people. We get it. The reality is you don’t get to dictate a damn thing. People like you are incredibly destructive to the entire movement.
@dwbyers1960: You seem to suffer from mental problems. Go back to whatever far right wing website you came from. And please don’t use contradictions. The Nazis were far right wing, much like you.
AtticusBennett
@RobvR: i agree. the threat of violence was uncalled for. a chair to the face would have made a stronger point to all the bigots at home. “disrespect us, and you will pay”
dwbyers1960
@AtticusBennett: Why would anyone have respect of an asshole like you.
Alistair Wiseman
Which one felt the need to be violent in thought, word and deed? Refusing to be baited into violent action or words is very manly; it shows a higher level of intelligence and integrity.
Giancarlo85
@dwbyers1960: Why do you right wing bigots even choose to visit this site?
dwbyers1960
@Giancarlo85: Oh so you believe your the only one who has a right to an opinion? That is exactly what is wrong with you and the majority of gays. It’s either your way or no way…well I say check mate.
tusgold
I don’t know about all you folks but Zoey came off as a thinned skined asshole.
Roan
@tricky ricky:
Shapiro is responsible for nothing. This isn’t a lawsuit. He’s not suing anyone. The state presses the criminal charges and prosecutes the defendant. They don’t recover from the “victim” if the case has no merit or if they lose.
Giancarlo85
@dwbyers1960: Well considering your way has screwed up America, destroyed the environment, wrecked the economy… I think my way is obviously superior. You had your time with Dubya. And who said you cannot have your opinion? Typical right wing victim mentality.
dwbyers1960
@Giancarlo85: I think you just decribed yourself, dumbass. It’s amazing how AIDS affects your thought process.
Giancarlo85
Funny how the right wing always think their speech is protected. If anyone is criticizing them they feel severely threatened.
RobvR
@AtticusBennett: Violence will never get you the respect that a good argument will. Discussions can only be won with good, reasonable arguments and without violence. Your opponent may scream harder and get the dumb people to laugh and yell with him/her but all the people with some sense of decency will (even if it takes a lot of time) see that you are the person that’s right. That’s how the gay emancipation always worked (and also the reason why it took so long). It’s like raising children. When they scream you don’t scream back but calmly explain what they’re doing wrong. Gaining respect is quite hard, regaining respect after people lost it for you is tremendously hard.
Giancarlo85
@dwbyers1960: Wow. Truly a homophobic sicko. For one, asshole, I do not have AIDS. Please fuck off. This is a site for people who accept others… Not for homophobic self centered jackasses like you.
Wahya73
@AtticusBennett: Yes, because we all know violence solves everything…
Jacob23
@Giancarlo85 – I don’t usually respond to you because, well, your nuts. But in this case, I’ll make an exception to point out that Godwin’s law prohibits 1) a direct equating of some person or group 2) to Adolf Hitler and/or historical Nazi Germany. I made no such statement. I suggested only that trans activists and other transgenders in the violent and extremist trans subculture have “more in common” with Nazi skinheads (not historical Nazis from Nazi Germany) than they do with LGBs. That doesn’t mean that they are just like Nazi skinheads, but it does mean that adding the “T” to the skinhead movement would make more sense than adding it to LGB.
AtticusBennett – “a chair to the face would have made a stronger point to all the bigots at home. “disrespect us, and you will pay” ”
– Have you ever done that? Have you ever physically attacked someone who disrespected us, either with a chair, fists, or something else?
And what are the criteria for triggering an attack? Opposing unisex bathrooms? Using the wrong pronoun? Some trans activists have demanded that women stop referring to their vaginas as vaginas and instead call them “front holes.” They have protested readings of the Vagina Monologues for this reason. If a woman disobeys trans activists and won’t use “front hole”, does she get a chair to the face?
Giancarlo85
@Jacob23: And you’re absolutely mentally insane. I think clinically insane and you need to be a committed to a mental institution. You are beyond any sort of help. your views are disgusting and nasty. You very well equating people to Hitler and the Nazis. Your argument is voided by that very suggestion. You need to learn how to look at the facts.
You don’t know anything about facts. You are not anyone that has any real substance.
aliengod
@Jacob23: I agree with you. However, you may as well save your breath. The points you make are too sensible for a numbskull like @Giancrazy85 to understand. He’s a McCarthyist that sees Republicans and right-wingers around every corner. His paranoia clouds his thinking. When you corner him with logic, he will retort with made up facts and figures to try and make his delusional points. As far as @AtticusBennet, he has so many daddy issues that he’s prone to violence and sees it as his only recourse when confronted. It’s best to just ignore these two. Most people on here dismiss them as mentally unstable crazies.
Giancarlo85
@aliengod: Alienturd’s mental dementia and schizophrenia is catching up with him. He needs to be a committed to a mental hospital as soon as possible. A McCarthyist? LOL. McCarthy was a right winger, like you alienturd. You seem to be an idiot and incapable of any real thought. You even said you were a right winger. You are incapable of reason and logic. You have the mental capacities of a child.
I don’t make up “facts and figures”. I post actual evidence. You’re a fucking idiot who lives in fantasy, like most right wing Americans.
Jacob23
@aliengod: I don’t think that Giancarlo has consciously adopted a McCarthyist ideology or a paranoid outlook on life. I think it is the product of the bullying he experienced in school. He has written about this in months past. When a person is bullied over a long period of time, he is forced to adopt certain psychological defenses in order to shore up his self-esteem and resist the external threats to his sense of self-worth. He becomes hyper-aware of threats and remains in a combative state, always alert and ready to engage the next foe. He is resistant to any criticism or viewpoints, which he perceives as threatening, because he experiences them as a prelude to the bullying of his school days. And because he was bullied for being effeminate, he reacts to any views critical of “gender nonconformity” transgenderism, transexuality, etc. as if it was a physical attack on him.
With this combative psyche, he was able to survive in the toxic environment of his school. But in a normal environment, that same psyche renders him dysfunctional.
Giancarlo85
@Jacob23: That is interesting. I didn’t realize you knew so much about me lol. I wasn’t bullied. Nice try though. You do come as a very violent person, Jacob. It wouldn’t surprise me if you beat up gay kids in high school who you thought were too gay. You seem to have more insecurities and mental problems. How did it feel attacking guys who you though were too feminine? Did it make you feel more like man?
You are the one who is dysfunctional and perhaps useless to society as a whole. Nobody likes a presumptive, rambling closet case. You need to be investigated for your violent threats I think.
aliengod
@Jacob23: I didn’t realize he was bullied. That does explain his fragile psyche. I never understood why he was so quick to lash out at people and make up such outlandish stories. Sort of makes sense now. I’ll try and go easier on him in the future.
Giancarlo85
@aliengod: Speaking for yourself again? You seem to be extremely fragile. Whenever anyone questions your views, you go into crybaby mode. I am not making up anything like how you two brain dead morons are doing right now. I wasn’t bullied, but I take it you two probably beat up gay people you deemed were too gay.
dwbyers1960
@Giancarlo85: You are a demented little person. People could careless about what you have to say.
Giancarlo85
@dwbyers1960: You must have been shoved into a dryer by your parents. You seem to be suffering from all sorts of mental problems. And plenty of people care about what I have to say. It’s just right wing shitheads like you they don’t care about. People like you are nothing.
dwbyers1960
@Giancarlo85: Is that all you have? AIDS brain.
Jacob23
I am late in responding, but Giancarlo85, you were bullied. You wrote about it right here in the comments section on Queerty a few months ago. You wrote about how you stood up for yourself during those years. It was the only thing you ever wrote on here which merited respect and admiration, so I remember it very well. Now you have managed to sully even that one praiseworthy comment by lying about your past.