respectable is respectable
but as often the case on the internet, certain authors egos cannot handle being anything less than the most correct of any particular thread
such authors begin to employ subtlety after they get butt hurt and as soon as it goes underground like that I have absolutely no respect for such authors, even though in though in their eyes they may honestly believe it is a matter of civility
fuck all that, I would rather get banned than listen to some butt hurt author need to indirectly inject a spin on how others choose to manage their relationships, You do NOT do this and you don't start with subtle personal attacks that only those familiar with private information would catch.
It's called gas lighting, mind fucking, and even if people have need to resort to sock puppet profiles because they can only get away with the extremely subtle jabs such as Marcus does, but he is just disagreeing, not trolling, but a few of us, actually I should only speak for myself so I will say I
don't stuff it and pretend it doesn't piss me off online and then go kick one of my pets, So I will go ahead and speak my mind here, even when it seems like I am loosing my temper or stomping my feet throwing a tantrum, because the threads where it happens is where it belongs
so yes I believe all of this you spoke of :
WH said:
Can we define judgmental? Intolerant? Offensive?
What if someone finds it judgmental to get angry and call names in response to hearing someone else's opinion? What if someone finds it offensive to use 'fundie' as an insult? I would think fundamentalists might find that offensive, intolerant, and judgmental. Are you going to reconsider that and stop treating an entire group of people like that?
obviously you are capable of discerning the line, just like every single other person that replies is knows very when they cross that line.
if authors deny it, play it off like they are confused, I for one have no problem with insults much worse than "fundie"
others are just as capable of observing when another member is too proud to own their shit -- even if they say nothing -- even if they publicly oppose my view and and chime in to disagree with it. If PolyinPractice, Marcus and anybody else needs to needs to behave like a chump and insult another member without actually stating it, it doesn't matter to me whether they are the longest most respected moderator and they are subtlely slapping an arrogant new poster.
If they need to hide behind subtlety and act like a chump, I would rather have people call it, let it blow up, get banned. I would rather have some punk hack into my computer and embarrass the fuck of out me and intimidate me and black mail me, than be afraid to cal a chump a chump due to their status in any community real or online.
I say harmless things like chump, punk, and fundie are more respectable than anything cowardly underhand subtlety
but that's just opinion