Oh my.
I'd be careful there; that's why it's a good idea to hang around a message board for a long time before beginning to post, as one needs to get acquainted with all the personalities on it. A new poster rarely gets away disparaging long-time well-esteemed members.
hillneck is one of those; a long-time well-esteemed member, one of the best. I suggest you be courteous and classy with him, despite any disagreements.
Is this a message board about politics,or the personalities of certain posters? If he defends the Bush Crime Family and misses Babs "Beautiful Mind" Bush,he either has shit for judgement or he is clueless when it comes to political reality. If he were to say it was raining I would look to verify instead of taking his word for it.
I've been posting on political message boards for a while myself,and been dealing with that cultist behavior since the early days of FR, but I do understand you mean well and thank you for your effort.