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How to avoid 90% of flamewars

Posted on 03/30/2016 3:31:58 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

Never use the word "you" in a reply.


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To: Jim Robinson; smokingfrog
You talkin' to me?


81 posted on 03/30/2016 4:22:18 PM PDT by FredZarguna (And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Fifth Avenue to be Born?)
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To: FredZarguna; Jim Robinson

LoL!


82 posted on 03/30/2016 4:23:37 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Jim Robinson

“How to avoid 90% of flamewars”

What fun would that be?


83 posted on 03/30/2016 4:26:03 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: Jim Robinson

Dear Jim,

This is how i begin my responses, most of the time.

When i make a reply, to another freeper posting,
i address them directly, with statement in question,
poised as an ‘re:’

‘You’ is very ambiguous.


84 posted on 03/30/2016 4:26:27 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Jim Robinson

Waiting for Humblegunner to complain about something.....


85 posted on 03/30/2016 4:32:27 PM PDT by Mogger (Independence, better fuel economy and performance with American made synthetic oil.)
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To: Jim Robinson

You terrific man you! :o)


86 posted on 03/30/2016 4:32:58 PM PDT by Twinkie (MORATORIUM ON MIGRANTS!)
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To: Jim Robinson

You got that right!


87 posted on 03/30/2016 4:34:57 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Democrats bait then switch; their fishy voters buy it every time.)
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To: Jim Robinson

I find an occasional “nugatory” or “didgeridoo” useful for flame control.


88 posted on 03/30/2016 4:35:21 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy
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To: Jim Robinson

Thanks for the advice


89 posted on 03/30/2016 4:35:59 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Jim Robinson

This subject is, from a distance, humorous.
To me it is like two starving men at a buffet fighting it out over which is better, the roast beef or the turkey.
And I might add the ‘perfect’ is the enemy of the ‘great’.


90 posted on 03/30/2016 4:36:00 PM PDT by glasseye
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To: Mogger
Waiting for Humblegunner to complain about something.....

Well, JRob is just directing hits to his own web site, so...

91 posted on 03/30/2016 4:36:45 PM PDT by FredZarguna (And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Fifth Avenue to be Born?)
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To: Jim Robinson

I gotta try try that, but what if it doesn’t work?


92 posted on 03/30/2016 4:41:59 PM PDT by dforest (Ted took your money and is laughing all the way to Goldman Sachs)
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To: Jim Robinson

you made bro?


93 posted on 03/30/2016 4:43:17 PM PDT by mouse1 (Je Suis Trump)
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To: Jeff Head

I’ve voted for the GOPe candidate until the cows came home.
Voted Mitt last time. - They ALL lost. Feels like futility.
Now, YOU are sayin’ vote for the GOPe candidate even if they
finagle and work their crooked magic to get him nominated?
Or do I misunderstand YOU? -


94 posted on 03/30/2016 4:46:24 PM PDT by Twinkie (MORATORIUM ON MIGRANTS!)
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To: Jim Robinson
Totally agree. Some of my comments have been on the WAY sarcastic side, and meant to inflame. I will stop.

Can we add a few more rules
No nasty comments about candidates families
No jokes about mental illness
No comments about the physical characteristics of people we don't like

Can we stick to
Comments about policies
Chances of winning
Arguing about polls

I used to love this site. In the last few months I have been
Physically Threatened
Told to get cancer
Called a liar

I admit I was also at fault, I take responsibility, I ask for forgiveness to those I have offended.

But cmon. It's over.

95 posted on 03/30/2016 4:46:40 PM PDT by Iowa David (Cruz 2016 - Before it's too late)
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To: Jeff Head

Good post, Jeff. ‘Hope everyone takes it to heart and really thinks what they are about to do would hurt everyone in the country


96 posted on 03/30/2016 4:52:05 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: Jim Robinson

I like to use “ewe” instead.

If I’m attacking someone from a Latin American, I use “hew” - just so I get my point across. In extreme cases, I use “Ud.”

Just a capital “U” works if I am cursing.


97 posted on 03/30/2016 4:54:09 PM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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To: All

Also, you can avoid the other 10% by avoiding the word “delusional” unless of course you are addressing a Democrat.


98 posted on 03/30/2016 4:54:31 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (The trump-cruz shall sound and the dead shall be raised Unrepublican)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
Apparently that was an inflammatory post. :)
99 posted on 03/30/2016 4:58:14 PM PDT by ChessExpert (The unemployment rate was 4.5% when Democrats took Congress in 2006.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Especially if preceded by a verb.


100 posted on 03/30/2016 5:14:57 PM PDT by AU72
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