Quote Originally Posted by MattInFla View Post
To me, it depends on the degree of divergence and the apparent intent. For example:

Thread topic: Obama had done A
Poster 1: A is bad.
Poster 2: A is good.
Poster 3: Bush did X (where X has nothing to do with A)
Poster 4: I kind of support A, but wish he had done B
Poster 5: A was a mistake, and his reasons are wrong.
Poster 6: A was a very good idea, and will make things better. B would not have worked.
Poster 3: Fox news sucks!
Poster 4: B was the better option because <yadda yadda yadda>

In this example, poster 3 is attempting to derail the thread, introducing irrelevant points in an attempt to shift the topic away from Obama's implementation of A.

Matt
That's a flawed example Matt.

Poster 3 consistantly says "Faux news sucks" not "Fox news sucks".