[CarylB]

Originally Posted by BostonAngel

the last time I had checked Meat's Facebook page almost ANY post that had to do with supporting Obama, being disappointed in Meat's choice to endorse Romney or anything that could be taken as anti Romney, even if it had been expresed with thoughtfulness and respect has been deleted.

At the time I posted that, less had been removed. They have cleaned up there today, although some critical posts aimed at Meat remain. So some less abusive may well have been thrown away with the bathwater of profanity and outrageous comments. C'et la vie. Personally I am glad to see his fan page back to some semblance of what it normally is.

So he gets to shove his opinion in our face,

Really? I thought this was at a rally of Romney supporters? He didn't shove my face in it, an although it made the news in the USA (and Meat has many fans outside the USA), no-one HAS to watch everything on the news. A rally is an event where those supporting someone DO speak out strongly and encourage people to rally support.

yet fans (and others) don't get to voice their opinion even when it is done in a respectful manner?

Yes they did, and if some respectful comments (and they were in far lesser proportion to the angry, abusive and threatening ones) got lost when threads with abuse scattered through them were removed, that's just one of those things. Many threads which started reasonably were dragged into the gutter by supporters of both candidates. Both Meat and Frances are busy people, and sometimes it will be easier to remove a thread rather than pick out individual comments. I started a thread with a supportive comment and later someone added abuse. It all went. I'm OK with that. Plus they were nearly all there for several days for those who are genuinely fans to read them. (I say nearly all because I reported some really disgusting ones to Facebook, and I think I was not the only one, and FB may well have removed them before today)

The way he is handling things on his FB page to me comes across as cowardly as well as hypocritcal and even borders on propoganda.

Your view, not mine. I disagree absolutely, and to remove abusive comments, even if a few non-abusive ones get lost is not propaganda.

He has given me one more reason to question his character and integrity with this endorsement and how he has handled the aftermath.

Meat's integrity and his character remain intact as far as I am concerned. In my view he has handled what followed the rally with dignity, patience, and courtesy.

Caryl