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As noted earlier, Education was my degree area and that of both my brothers. The chances that you've studied educational theory and system outcomes more deeply than I isn't very likely.

When the Kellogg Company said last week that ads for its brands would no longer appear on Breitbart, the perpetually outraged far-right publisher found a new deplorable enemy. In a typically incendiary post, Breitbart characterized the company’s decision as part of a “war by leftist companies” against its readers. Since then, the site has published multiple posts criticizing the cereal company—“SHOCK: Amnesty International Blasts Kellogg’s for Using Child Labor-Produced Ingredients,” “Kellogg Foundation Gave Big to Soros Organization, Tides Foundation,” and so on. More to the point, it has called for “a movement against Kellogg’s bigotry” and a #dumpkelloggs boycott of Special K, Pop-Tarts, Pringles, and everything else the company makes. “We are fearless advocates for traditional American values,” Breitbart’s editor-in-chief declared. “Perhaps most important among them is freedom of speech.”

To be clear, Breitbart’s freedom of speech is not at risk: there’s nothing in the Constitution about an inalienable right to be sponsored by multinational brands. Like any other company in our system of free enterprise, Kellogg may choose to advertise in whatever venues it wishes, or nowhere at all. And, indeed, by one count, more than a hundred advertisers have lately made the same decision Kellogg did and pulled their ads from Breitbart. Intentionally or not, Breitbart seems to be misunderstanding the nature of mainstream brands—and, more to the point, misunderstanding the Internet-era advertising technology that’s causing some brands the sort of headache Kellogg is feeling today.

Oh, George.

I've for some time liked him. And then see him snide in many posts, over and over.

Of course Billionaires understand what it's like for everyday joes live from check to check and will do all they can to deprive them of that grand living.

I take it that it was about people getting free cheese. My inlaws did.

Trump has 4 years. Do you think he can outdo Bush 43's 2, 2 trillion dollar wars and the total destruction of the economy? I'm betting he can.

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Oh, George.

I've for some time liked him. And then see him snide in many posts, over and over.

I meant George as differentiated with georgeob.

Some folks never put anyone on ignore not because doing so makes them feel kind of guilty but rather because their goal is to contest "the enemy" and to, it is hoped, minimize the perceived damage when "bad" ideas are floated in the community. For a few months several years ago, I spent a good deal of time commenting at National Review and that was a very interesting experience. For example, it became obvious immediately that left wing trolls behaved much the same way as right wing trolls do - short posts, little or no analysis, prominent use of cliches, insults over content, etc. Putting those sorts of posters on ignore makes it easier to see the better stuff. And, importantly, it helps reduce the ratio of pissing contests.

I spent a good deal of time commenting at National Review and that was a very interesting experience. For example, it became obvious immediately that left wing trolls behaved much the same way as right wing trolls do - short posts, little or no analysis, prominent use of cliches, insults over content, etc. Putting those sorts of posters on ignore makes it easier to see the better stuff. And, importantly, it helps reduce the ratio of pissing contests.