Re: Polite discourse vs hostility and rudeness
Originally Posted by
ruthio
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Missed it too!
It's funny, I've heard other talk about nasty people here, but I never seem to run into them personally. Not that I'd want to because, admittedly, I can sling it with the best of them if necessary and that's not something I'm proud of. Sometimes my fingers start typing before my brain thinks about what I should and shouldn't say. And some things I've regretted saying at all. But, at the same time, I'm willing to look at all sides to an argument. With me, it's not "my way or the highway" like I've seen with other people online. Some people you just can't talk to and eventually you realize who those people are.
Originally Posted by
Alan Cooke
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Hi Linda, in real life I only associate with people I like. On this site there are those I like and those I don't like............and I associate with both. What we are talking about are the aggressive people who I find impossible to like. Peer pressure might force them to be less confrontational.
Well, perhaps you're right. That's usually how it happens anyway, from what I've experienced. Someone severely confrontational will come around and spew their hatred and nonsense, get ganged up on by the community and eventually leave. It normally doesn't last long.