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Let’s see . . .MM/Chilean Miners thinks it’s fine to resort to name-calling (“elitist preservationists” and “elitist environmentalists”) against those of us who seek to protect the Boundary Waters, but I’m supposedly guilty of “childish” and “juvenile name-calling” when I accurately describe MM/Chilean Miners as a “troll.” The Urban Dictionary notes that “Trolls spout gibberish in the hope that they’ll either bore or confuse to death those with whom they disagree.” That’s at least one way of looking at the consistent misrepresentations by MM/Chilean Miners and his/her/their complete ignorance or disregard of facts and his/her/their constant moving of the goalposts. Having written that “nobody is being forced to grant more mineral leases,” MM/Chilean Miners is now compelled to admit that Antofagasta is suing to force the government to grant mineral leases to it. Having written “that the elitist environmentalists wanted to use [the Antiquities Act] to take away forever the Superior and Chippewa National Forests to any kind of development whether it be mining, logging etc.,” MM/Chilean Miners attempts to justify its falsehood by quoting a letter that says no such thing—the letter from the Friends of the Boundary Waters (of which I am not a member and have not been a member for years) only accurately points out that Emmer’s bill would block a future president from creating a national monument in Minnesota’s National Forests. Those who claim that they want a respectful debate completely undermine the concept when their arguments consist of a steady stream of misrepresentation and dissembling.