Mark: I forwarded all eb2340s remarks to the administrators. It was obvious he wasn't here to help anyone. petey

Thanks Mark: I am thankful the remarks are gone. I agree, Petey. He was not here seeking support or providing support to anyone.

Thank you for taking care of this. Fortunately, I think most people come here to give or receive info and support, not drama or insults.

Can you imagine a newbie who is afraid and fragile coming here for a safe place and then getting stress by having to listen to eb2340? It's over now. I hope we didn't lose anyone on the way.

Thank you Mark

Thanks, Mark and Petey!

AMEN

Annette

I usually post on Stopafib but check out this site frequently. Dear old EB2340 got kicked off that site and I'm glad he's gone from this one as well.

He really seems like he's either going or has gone around the bend.

I agree that eb2340s was probably not giving the best advice but I am worried that if a view you are trying to promote is not agreed with that you can just be banned and dismissed.

If everyone here did not give him/her all the attention you gave him/her then it probably would not have gotten so bad. Stop feeding the trolls people. Just let the ideas you dont agree with go. It is not up to us to say what others should listen to.

Ol Eb sure was a grumpy son of a gun, wasn't he? Walt, I understand what you are saying, and I actually was stunned at how many people look at this site put don't post, and he got quite a few of them to post on that one string. But I think while he was more than welcome to express his beliefs, the personal attacks went too far.I was VERY interested in his idea of a naturopathic cure, but to call people stooges if you disagreed with him? Not a free speech question once you have gone there. I hope the people who got off the sidelines when Eb posted will continue to post. It IS good to hear different viewpoints, but without the vitriol. And I am stunned that I know a big word like vitriol. Wait, did I spell it correctly?

Bill

Hi Trentonwalt: I didnt agree or disagree with him on his posts. He publicly humiliated me with a very lude, very public remark.

Trenton: That isn't why he got bounced. His insults and derogatory comments plus his attitude and arrogance got him bumped. When you have nut jobs spewing nonsense and newbies are reading it, that can be dangerous. He continually gets bumped because he breaks the rules. And he did it for quite some time before they got him off other websites.

Also some us had multiple past experience with him: He was also banned from other forums besides this one and stop-afib btw... also the yahoo support groups and various health forums.

He has one message: "All disease is caused by acid in the body and that can be eliminated by having an alkaline diet and eating bentonite. If you don't agree Doctors and drug companies are criminals who don't want to or don't know how to cure anything. You don't need anticoagulants. Daily strength is part of the conspiracy. You poor souls that are prisoners of your treatments are pathetic. If you don't agree with me you are a fool. Don't think I care about you, I don't. I am a victim of you people. You are fat and you whine...poor me. Let me spew some obscenities about the ladies." etc.

So it isn't that he has a different opinion. It is that he is insulting, condescending and won't stop. We do not ban members, Daily Strength does, based on the content of the posts. They don't like to do it if you read the "rules of the road" and they will warn you twice. Then they remove content. After removing content a few times, they "consider" banning you. His comments were over the top and creepy. If someone says something sexual to a female member, calls someone fat, calls someone stupid, says someone is a ticking time bomb, accuses someone of being a medical industry stooge, attacks Daily Strength, or any other of his shenanigans, I will report that person and so will other members. If a person is personally attacked or harassed, that is their prerogative.

petey

Hi Everyone,

I may have missed some comments where he was insulting people which would of course call for him to be removed. Sorry about that. I just wanted to make sure we were not discouraging ideas.

In the end it sounds like it is good that he is gone. Moving forward maybe be careful about the attention given to those who are here to obviously cause problems. Don't debate them. That is what they want. If you want to protect "newbies" state your case and leave it at that. The more you reply to them the more they grow.

Thanks everyone and I do appreciate the info I find here. Merry Christmas to all.

by they way...has anyone figured out how to keep beer in their diet and manage their afib? i feel like i am losing the battle here and will soon stop drinking beer...ugh.

I think trenton is right that continuing dialog with eb just caused him to escalate.
He was hard to ignore though :)