@OmSigDAVID,
Its an accidental thing Dave, dont get paranoid.
Ive done it many times, sometimes, when I have seriatem quotes ,the quote box often defaults back to the beginning of my post and I, in desperation, just type out the quote boxes. When I hit send, often a stray Quote box with nothing in it appears.
The Atlantic Monthly's web site posted what it felt were the beginnings opf hate speech and I must swy that you fit the bill in their item 2.
"If anyone disagrees with you, you call them "Traitor". That, is , according to the ATlantic, is inchoate haate speech, just woiting to become fully formed.