Troll Attack

This morning I received an e-mail from someone named Jacob Stein who calls himself the “Jewish Philosopher” and has a blog by that name.  I asked him to not write to me and to use the comments section of this blog instead.  He then left a comment on a topic unrelated to anything in the post he commented upon.  I am given to understand that this is called “trolling.”

When I asked him to please go trolling elsewhere, he proceeded to post six more comments about my job, my sexual orientation and even my ex-wife (whose name he used and who absolutely has a right to privacy since she has no connection to my point of view or this blog).  I was really taken aback by his tone and the personal nature of his attacks.

I am new to blogging.  I know that many, many people will not agree with me and I’m not really writing for them.  I do hope that those who disagree and choose to read my posts will learn from my point of view as I have from other blogs.

I have seen this man’s comments on other blogs and I know that he has targeted other bloggers, too.  I’m really sorry that I got on his radar and I will delete every comment that he leaves.  I hope this will dissuade him from wasting his time by writing them.