DD is awesome 
I'm not sure. He appears to have several good points. I just can't understand why he feels the need to be so rude to random people for no reason.
You appear to know him better than I do, and he doesn't seem interested in participating in this thread, so maybe you could tell me if his rudeness is meant as a joke? If it's not a joke, do you know why he feels the need to be so rude?
I think some of what DirtDawg says is intended to be humorous, but also thought provoking. I know that he makes me think.
I think sometimes in the past when he has gotten upset with other people, it was because he missed the cues that they intended to be humorous.
I think that he has two children and a wife in a real life that are of much higher priority to him than promptly answering a question asked of him here.
Butterflies, I used to find DD quite inflammatory at times, and I have noticed that he can be quite harsh with you. Maybe he just sees certain posts and doesn't have a fuller picture of you.
I agree with Callaways points above for the most part, however, I really have noticed a harshness at times to you when I know your original post has not been abrasive.
I'd say sometimes DD comes here to relax when he is stressed and he reads things out of context. As Callaway said, missing cues. I can do it myself, we all do.
I get your wondering about what you've done. I remember changing my username years back and he lost his shit at me about something when I thought he knew it was me. Just stand your ground, don't take it to heart. I don't think you've done anything wrong, he can come across as abrasive when he's overloaded. Again, often we come here to relax when we are overloaded. Many times I've looked back on things I've written and really thought how harsh or misinformed I've been also.
At the end of the day, we've all clashed heads, I think over time we all see the goodness in many members - but the site is here for exactly the things it provokes sometimes...we get to test our thoughts and ideas, and often find the things we get so irate about, are the very things we really can be hypocritical about also. I think DD does admit and does show his humanness and failings.
But yep, he used to upset and attack the hell out of me in the beginning...or so it felt at the time because his comments can come left of centre and appear harsh. I get where you are coming from Butterflies, absolutely. x
