It seems that many of us have completely lost our sense of decency when posting. Or maybe it's just old age.
We used to be more respectful of one another on this forum, didn't we? I don't mean you in particular, just thinking maybe your memory is better than mine.
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Spot on. We're all a little cranky.
We didn't used to have so many that have to "win" even when they didn't.
Wellllllllll, I recall rather painfully back in the first year, and the 2nd year . . . of FR, things were pretty
FREE-FOR-ALL-y
though Jim and mods made a valliant effort at civility standards.
People were ganged up on ruthlessly, relentlessly often just for disagreeing with the more powerful social stars hereon who were better connected or more respected or some such.
I don't know but I think it's been better in recent years.
I'm probably not a good gauge. I tend to be a lightening rod/whipping post for folks with a visceral rebellious hostility to any kind of supernaturalism/high strangeness/submission to God in any active-dialogue sorts of ways . . . etc.
So, I've always gotten ganged-up on and shredded at the drop of a hat just by appearing on a thread--even if I was just talking about paint peeling.
I will say this--the hostility on this thread seems to be over the top in a number of directions and instantaneously.
I think tons of it is Pride. Much is insecurity and fear. Much is control freak stuff. Much is intolerance of difference because significant difference leaves some feeling insecure, threatened unconsciously. Much is IN-GROUP/OUT-GROUP stuff--raging hostility against those not in one's inner circle group for insecurity, fear, pride, control freak reasons.
And, there are demonic forces loosed upon the world now and increasingly who's sole job is to set individuals against individuals and groups against groups. Scripture has warned us of this lawless, violent, contrary period. It is increasing and will get much worse.
Already we have people shot for road rage--maybe just a bad look from a neighboring driver.
Such will happen on the street more and more. Folks killed for their Nike's. Folks killed because someone with a gun thought person B looked at Gun wielder cross-eyed.
imho, the ONLY safety is in the arms of God and walking as fully as one can manage in His moment by moment will as Holy Spirit confirms such in that still small voice He seems to prefer speaking in within one's inner man.
Anyway--just my opinion, of course.
Some 9-11 stuff did get a little nasty. We used to have a lot of wonderful old time freepers-Clinton's A Liar and Clarity--who left because of bickering and fighting and questioned loyalties. It's sad when that happens, but with large groups and egos and all it does happen. After it's all said and done years later, I guess one just wonders what all the emotion and fighting was about, after all. V's wife.
Threads were regularly hijacked by scrolling text, fancy fonts and colors, tables, backgrounds, music, etc, in the days before JohnRob starting filtering out HTML.
FRiend, disrespect and abuse was worse then -- these threads of the last two years or so are SEDATE almost to boredom compared to the Jungle Wars of old.