Post #413 to you. It appears your have a SN similar.
Thank you for your kind words. Sorry it took so long to reply (I've got the flu).
Indeed, when a horrible thing like this assault occurs, the lack of perspective is stunning and sobering. For my part I earlier admitted that I didn't feel compelled to jump immediately to Ms. Logan's defense. I even said, "And yes, I know exactly what that says about me." Even now I still stand by that comment. But what I failed to mention earlier is that I'm not all that proud about this.
Off the cuff posts can be devastatingly revealing. Perhaps a mirror placed in front of the keyboard, or maybe a picture of some loved one(s) would help to "idiot-proof" responses.
One of the attributes of the written word is that, no pun intended, it reads differently than the spoken. Whether the "a**-hats" (your term, not mine) are hard-wired, stupid, or just plain oblivious of the way written comments read--and the permanence they have--I don't know. But I do know that despite my best efforts to edit my own comments before I hit "Post" I still sometimes have regrets down the road. That's the risk we take on forums like FR.
Verbal venting is fine, I suppose, because the spoken word, if not recorded, vanishes into the ether within moments. Written venting lingers quite a bit longer.
I have commented several times on the increasing lack of civility here on FR. Many others have agreed. I have no answers on how to handle it.
I'm right there with you. No, I don't think I've commented previously about the lack of civility on FR. Shoot, on this thread I'm defending it to some degree.
I also have no definitive answers on how to best approach it. That's one of the reasons why I jumped in on this thread. To ask questions, and perhaps find some answers.
I think we can all better the environment here by simply pointing out stupid when we see it. Maybe the perpetrators will slowly come to realize what line they have stepped over - maybe they won't and will self-destruct. Either way the garbage gets taken out.
Agreed. Though I took a slightly different tack on this thread. I wanted to point out that maybe some of the more ugly comments were spoken, not by ugly people, but by people whose hearts have been hardened by the vitriol of the Left. Why did I take this tack? Good question.
Mainly because I want to say to those who, like me, seem to have checked our humanity at the door, that, "I get where you're coming from. I too, at some base level, feel that Ms. Logan got what she deserved. But feelings are one thing. Thoughts are another. Is it more beneficial to be motivated by one's feelings than ones thoughts? Wouldn't it be more beneficial to perhaps put a cork in it rather than to transcribe our verbal venting for all the world to see (and the Looney Left to exploit)?"
Ever Onward.
And Eagles Up! Time to get ready for work. Cheers.