I had a whole response written out, but then deleted it. I'm very disappointed with myself for being unable to answer your post with the standard of politeness I hold myself to.
I will try again, and will try to be brief.
I do not consider myself a naive person, since you ask. And, yes, I know what my affiliate links usually look like. However, I've seen links since this issue came up that I
wouldn't be able to tell were affiliated and which I
wouldn't know how to scrub. And those are the ones that I'm concerned about accidentally posting. If you think that makes me naive or stupid or internet un-savvy, so be it. You already know I asked for your help with distributing my novel over the freewaves because I didn't know how. (That was you, right?
)
As I said, I have an example, but since I genuinely don't know if I can post it, I won't.
I hope you won't mind if I disengage from your questions for awhile. I find this whole situation very upsetting and between the
lying, the
throwing a fit, and the
naive references, I must say that I think one side of the debate is engaging in a manner that makes me uncomfortable. If you "
know" you're phrasing your posts to me harshly, and choose not to make them more polite, I don't know how to feel like I'm being spoken to with mutual respect. I apologize, but that's just how I feel.