Language and abuse in forums

@Very-Rusty said
We try not to put down someone's mother, father, or family member on this site, even though it may seem to be an appropriate response. 😉

-VR

@KingDavid403 said
We try not to put down someone's mother,
I did try; I failed. I repent. 🙂

@Very-Rusty said
Yes, indeed sometimes it is difficult. The parents may have done their very best, but the child doesn't always turn out well, I use myself as an example. 😉

-VR

@KingDavid403 said
I use myself as an example.
You're not a good example with what you said. 🙂 Just to let you know. 😉

@MartinS

it's been a coupla days now
the "discussion" rages on
has one tiny lil thingie changed?


have you brought yer granddaughter to the discussion?
this example of disarray in human interactions might be the teaching moment that you had not anticipated, but she needs to see

or not
yer call

@The-only-Mr-T said
Can you clarify something. Your original post, was it targeted at the debates forum? Or observations from most forums?

The debates forum should be closed imo. Not as bad as it used to be but it's still the same old people bickering about the same stuff over and over. It's boring.

@moonbus said
Not your fault, Martin. Some people just have an itch they cannot scratch anywhere else, so they scratch it here.

😛

@Very-Rusty said
I was just wondering if you are working at getting a forum ban???

-VR

@Arkturos said
@Very-Rusty

I'm wondering if you are aware that My-King-and-I is not me (it seemed you had us mixed up a few pages ago).

Let's not confuse his hot air with my hot air.

Thank you.

-- Kevin

@moonbus said

I'm calling out microaggression here. It's just as intolerable as the more blatant name calling, foul language, and auto-mod-evasions everyone objects to.

A recent example of microaggression: one poster at Debates challenged me to provide evidence of Trump sending people to detention camps, and I linked to the Whitehouse.gov web site where Trump authorizes that people b ...[text shortened]... n added to my DNR list. Such childish taunts should have been outgrown on the schoolyard playground.

@Very-Rusty said
Kevin,
You may have gotten me wrong, I may have been being sarcastic with him calling him YOU!!! 😉 Sorry, if you were insulted!!!

-VR

@moonbus said
Why didn’t you stop earlier?

@Arkturos said
Likely story. But I will allow you to backtrack this one time. 😉