(07-10-2023, 10:13 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(07-10-2023, 09:09 PM)mikesez Wrote: I'm fine with the minimal moderation, though I would like more.
I'm fine with moderators being rude and harsh with me, though I wish they would be constructive while being harsh. But I know that takes a lot of mental energy.
I'm fine with anybody coming on here and saying let's speak against violent extremism.
But it's the combination of the three, man.  
When you refuse to do anything about it in your actual zone of influence, when you're rude and dismissive to those who are trying to help, and then you say that you really do care, it's just a baffling level of hypocrisy that one doesn't see every day. 

What's done is done. I'm sure I overreacted.  
But like, try to see it my way.  Posters have been saying my posts seem inauthentic.  So I put some authentic emotion into them, and you blast me for using hyperbole.  Granted, you're not the one who called me inauthentic, and they're not the ones who overreacted to the hyperbole I used, but it's frustrating.  Can't reach those who don't want to be reached, I guess.

I don't discount your sincerity. If you see yourself as fighting a good fight here, more power to you.
I personally don't take it that seriously.
I just have a jaded view of any actual good coming from this type of discourse and I don't kid myself about being anyone's savior in a political debate.
Out of general respect, I'll be more mindful of your intentions when I respond.
Afraid that's the best I can offer.