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To: cothrige

There are a couple of posters that I ignore. They never debate. They only insult if you disagree. You’ll have quite a list by the time you’re done. All I have to do is see a name and I avoid them. Sometimes I avoid a thread they’re on. It’s just not worth it.


215 posted on 08/25/2010 12:04:13 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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To: DJ MacWoW
There are a couple of posters that I ignore. They never debate. They only insult if you disagree. You’ll have quite a list by the time you’re done. All I have to do is see a name and I avoid them. Sometimes I avoid a thread they’re on. It’s just not worth it.

Given my recent experiences this seems like very good advice, and I will certainly take it to heart.

The strange thing is how recent this is for me, after so many years posting on FreeRepublic. Things could always get heated, very heated, but it always seemed to have to do with things we actually did say. People would fight about tone, nuances of implied meanings, and so on, but it did relate in some determinable way to what was posted, and the accusations were always kept in that frame of reference. It has only been recently that I have noticed people accusing others with seemingly random charges not connected to anything posted at all. It is like some crazy person on the street shouting at you that you stole his jacket. It has taken me by surprise to be honest. I just don't recall that happening in the past.

217 posted on 08/25/2010 12:33:04 PM PDT by cothrige
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