It makes it appear, for example, that the same poster who made the comment about freedom of speech concerning media reports (me) is the same person who made the statement about "dirtbag operators" (angryblackman)
I quoted you separately for the same reason. Had I elected to include you both in the same quote, you would be correct...but you're not.
I'm not going to start an entirely separate post simply to address you, any more than I would walk out of the room and come back in again to reply to another person when you're both standing next to each other.