This will not be published. I used the word bulldozer. I submitted this as an example of how the New York Times demands compliance. If the gatekeepers think those of us who deplore the New York Times just disappear into the mist, the gatekeepers are crazier than I thought they were. You do realize that the comment gatekeepers want our voices to all sound alike. To disagree is to be “uncivil.” How is it that a newspaper gets the last word on civility. Comment moderators are mainly from India, and it shows. India is a great country with great people. Who says – mommy, when I grow up, I want to be a comment moderator. No one. These are menial jobs with menial pay. They come and go a lot. In India, it is not considered a good job. It is considered a bad job. Turnover is high. No wonder. The New York Times is clocking in 20,000 comments a day. Can you possibly imagine 20,000 people all sounding like the same person. Bassey Etima used to supervise this stuff, but she might have taken a walk. I don’t know. The NYT does all this work on the cheap because they’re cheap. Civility is something you spit on a dime. – tim barrus