I'm the last person who has any room to be accusing anyone of anything. But you know, it's within the realm of possibility, given all of our various crazy senses of humor.
*Sigh*
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Sorry to interrupt the playful banter, lighthearted levity and jocularity by interjecting something serious to the thread, but hey, that's what I do.
In the beginning, back when this thread was spawned from a rare self-described rant by Mac, our Illustrious Supreme Leader, she said this:
Cause meet effect:
Here's the thing about Respecting Your Fellow Writer. It takes a concerted effort to respect some of our fellow writers because frankly, some of them don't write very well, don't express themselves very well and what they are expressing is mostly brain rot.
My spidey-sense starts tingling when I see a post like the quoted one from a first-timer who joined with seemingly the sole intention of making a provocative post and then vanishing like a fart in a strong breeze. In my less than humble opinion, the aforementioned post belongs on a misogynist Men's Rights movement forum. The only purpose of the post is to spew stereotypical, ignorant and dated hatred of women (burning bras? srlsy?)
One post. Boom goes the dynamite. Other posters see the explosion and the resultant chaos. Where's the newbie? Who knows? Why'd they blow up the thread with an outrageously offensive post? Why not?
Some posters just want to see the thread burn.
To repeat: P&CE needs conservative voices and conservatives need to feel they are welcomed here. This should be taken as a given. However, talking trash about whatever group you feel like dumping is not a conservative principle.
The problem is not with the respondents to the offending post. The problem lies with the originator of the offending post who seemingly has no interest in engaging with others, clarifying or amplifying his point, or even responding to queries. The offender is only there to be like Michael Jackson: they Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'.
Respect is a two-way street and you get what you give. If your intent is to pull a drive-by post as you unload verbal vitriol on women, that's not very nice because Absolute Write has a lot of women participating, discussing, posting, debating, engaging, contributing and it doesn't mean you're being a white knight when someone comes along and dumps all over an entire gender for the unforgivable sin of demanding the rights befitting a free human being.
We should always strive to be helpful to new posters whom may be unfamiliar with the way we're expected to conduct ourselves and engage with one other. The new poster should strive to be open and willing to accept friendly advice when its offered. If they don't they're probably not here to debate. They're here to troll.
Trolls deserve no respect.
They'll get none from me.
In the beginning, back when this thread was spawned from a rare self-described rant by Mac, our Illustrious Supreme Leader, she said this:
Cause meet effect:
Here's the thing about Respecting Your Fellow Writer. It takes a concerted effort to respect some of our fellow writers because frankly, some of them don't write very well, don't express themselves very well and what they are expressing is mostly brain rot.
My spidey-sense starts tingling when I see a post like the quoted one from a first-timer who joined with seemingly the sole intention of making a provocative post and then vanishing like a fart in a strong breeze. In my less than humble opinion, the aforementioned post belongs on a misogynist Men's Rights movement forum. The only purpose of the post is to spew stereotypical, ignorant and dated hatred of women (burning bras? srlsy?)
One post. Boom goes the dynamite. Other posters see the explosion and the resultant chaos. Where's the newbie? Who knows? Why'd they blow up the thread with an outrageously offensive post? Why not?
Some posters just want to see the thread burn.
To repeat: P&CE needs conservative voices and conservatives need to feel they are welcomed here. This should be taken as a given. However, talking trash about whatever group you feel like dumping is not a conservative principle.
The problem is not with the respondents to the offending post. The problem lies with the originator of the offending post who seemingly has no interest in engaging with others, clarifying or amplifying his point, or even responding to queries. The offender is only there to be like Michael Jackson: they Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'.
Respect is a two-way street and you get what you give. If your intent is to pull a drive-by post as you unload verbal vitriol on women, that's not very nice because Absolute Write has a lot of women participating, discussing, posting, debating, engaging, contributing and it doesn't mean you're being a white knight when someone comes along and dumps all over an entire gender for the unforgivable sin of demanding the rights befitting a free human being.
We should always strive to be helpful to new posters whom may be unfamiliar with the way we're expected to conduct ourselves and engage with one other. The new poster should strive to be open and willing to accept friendly advice when its offered. If they don't they're probably not here to debate. They're here to troll.
Trolls deserve no respect.
They'll get none from me.And you know what? You can read the post Williebee posted in thread, and let mods moderate. This is what Williebee posted:
Which your post in this thread is emphatically is not doing.
It is not helpful. It is not adding to the quality of the conversation.
It's not even saying anything interesting; it's stating the obvious, with a dollop of rhetorical joy juice.
Mac or Williebee will likely reopen this when they're able to; don't regard this as permanent.
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Respect is not a "two way street." Never has been. It's a one way street with two destinations, others and yourself. If disrespecting others helps you respect yourself, the problem is not with others.
Yeah, this can stay closed.
Yeah, this can stay closed.
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