What do you mean "nice deflection?"
#1 I didn't know either the poster of this this thread -- or the individual posters themselves -- were the object of this thread.
#2 Is that the illusion or poor assumption you've been operating under on a number of these threads?
Is your goal to turn the focus from the content -- the issues involved...in this case, vampires and the Mormon worldviews of this author...to individual posters, using barbs and accusations to accomplish your goal?...
Do you realize the pattern -- at least when others have done this -- their apparent motivations have included either being a...
...subject disruptor...
...or a topic hijacker...
...so that, in turn, the messengers become the focus...
...and this because they either...
...can't -- or won't -- stay on topic???
...or...in some cases, a few posters eschew even trying to argue at any traditional FREEP standard level...they don't know how to dialogue at a knowledge exchange level -- they're more comfortable with a street-fighting, duke-it-out approach -- assigning labels, titles, putdowns, ya know the whole gamut of the personality plays...
Overall, Sam, how "rich" of a post here...the irony of accusing me of "deflecting" the topic from "me" -- as if I were this thread's subject...I will pray you acquire some discernment help on how to approach these threads.
I have generally found that other posters who want to get into a personality combat actually struggle very badly dealing with the issues-at-hand. Their seeming lone open-door resolve is to make these into some personality conflicts.
If you cannot refrain from attempting to make a number of our exchanges into such conflicts, it won't do us any good to further communicate. Why?
Because already on my end, your comments prompt me to wonder...
Is that how you treat your family members?
Your co-workers?
Your boss?
If you don't like the content of what one of them has said to you, do you turn it into a personality dress-down? Barbs? Accusations? Re-focusing from "issues" to the personalities" behind the issues.
But I don't want you to even answer these questions; they are rhetorical only -- and not meant to extract personal info about you (lest I be a hypocrite in what I'm saying here).
So, for re-emphasis purposes, here's my BIG DISCLAIMER to the above Q's: The above Q's are for rhetorical purposes only; unlike you, I don't want to hear your personal responses on this...because this thread is no more about YOU personally than it is ME personally. I raise these Qs only because it'd nice if you at least asked yourself how consistent are you in your overall relationships when it comes to conflict management. And the question I suggest you ask yourself is: Can you focus on the issues without converting people into those issues?
This is all a between you-and-God thing -- not a FReeper public matter. You don't need to be accountable to me.
But I value communicating with you, and unless we steer a clearer course with some boundaries, I'm afraid my temptation will be to address other posters, skirting past your comments.
I didnt say you were deflecting the thread’s topic. You were deflecting a statement about you. He said you had an obsession, and your reply was the Mormons have an obsession.
It is very hard to debate someone when they willingly ignore statements and try to twist words. You still havent shown how Twilight is based off Mormonism. All you have done is show apples are red and apples are round. You cant prove red is round. Your not as crafty with words as you think. Even Elsie and I have some common ground that can lead to discussion.