I wasn't around in time enough to read what Falafel Lady wrote.  However, what's really "absurd" is this practice of turning the comments section of what's supposed to be a news story into the equivalent of a Facebook tribute page time after time.  The last time I listened to Alex Jones, he talked about China implementing a "social media score" similar to a credit score.  The way some folks comment as if they're afraid of what others may think of them depending on they say or don't say, you almost have to wonder if we're already there.