"Instead of attacking “outside” commenters who correct your misinformation, why don’t you address the comments we place?"

I've looked at all the comments discussing you outsiders, and for the life of me, I can't see where we've attacked you.  We've simply been discussing the fact that you exist, and that you dominate the discussion of this article.  

As to addressing your comments ...  there are clearly facts on both sides (calm down, now), and I have never made any claim to be an expert.  But I can read, and I am pretty good at logic, so I have an opinion.  First Amendment, even if you don't like my opinion.

I happen to take the European approach  --  where there is a possibility of harm, we should refrain from acting.  Clearly, you take the opposite approach:  where there is a possibility of good, we should act.  

A case can be made for both.  But it doesn't need to be made over and over, nor to drown out local discussion of local issues.