(Updated) Why is a diary promoting a right-wing CT video on the Rec list?

(Update)

The diary in question, by Democrats Ramshield has been deleted. This is a common tactic by diarists who are unwilling to take responsibility for what they have written, or how they have behaved. Given the context of this deletion, that's almost definitely the case here, imho. I feel that this kind of behavior is disrespectful to the DK community, and in particular to those who commented in good faith in this diary. These commenters provide useful, relevant and accurate information, and stayed civil and respectful even when Democrats Ramshield was insulting and disrespectful in response.

All that Democrats Ramshield had to do was participate in a respectful, good-faith discussion with those who questioned the video that he included in his diary. It would have been easy to acknowledge the concerns raised, apologize for his inappropriate behavior, and remove the video from the diary. Instead, Democrats Ramshield is trying to hide the evidence of his problematic behavior. The most egregious behavior was in the comments, a example slice of which can be found here: http://www.dailykos.com/...and the rest of which can be found here http://www.dailykos.com/..., in his comments on 12/2/2014, in his diary, "My diary needs your help to go viral it provides info on what gov't agency is spying on your phone!".

Here's a cached diary copy that shows DR's behavior in the comments: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/02/1348753/-My-diary-needs-your-help-to-go-viral-it-provides-info-on-what-gov-t-agency-is-spying-on-your-phone

and direct links to the comments that drew HR's:
cybersaur - you are just an outright liar aren't u (2+ / 18-)

cybersaur... (10+ / 6-)

Continued half-troll alert on Fall line (10+ / 5-)

A few points before we get started:

-I believe that government monitoring and collection of our online data is a serious issue and fully support open, informed discussion of this topic.

-The diary in question contains useful and relevant information and videos, and is only marred by the video in question, and the diarist's defense of that video.

-I do not believe that the worth of a DK contributor is determined by how many diaries they have written, nor how many have been recommended.