Quote:I know it's not appropriate to talk about other members in public but I absolutely wholeheartedly agree with this statement. I don't understand why they treat others the way they do. Especially when they're communicating with other anonymous members on an online message board. 21st century society is crazy man.

I agree 100%. I had to think hard before posting a name because it's not nice to talk about others, especially when they haven't been active in the same discussion...I have often wondered why they feel the need to post as they do...I would suspect they don't talk to people in real life that way, and I won't speculate as to why they post that way either...That would open up another can of worms...

Quote:Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump was a smart man.


I get more aggravated when someone doesn't get my POV moreso than if/when they call me names. It hasn't happened since I've been back, but back in the day.... like others have said, it got so bad they shut down ANY political discussion and were close to shutting down the board due to some folks being so hateful.


I had thinner skin back then and I'm a sensitive natured person so what people said personally really hurt. I've never understood why people have to be so negative and hateful and disparaging to those who have a different POV.

Yeah sometimes people just don't "get it" which is annoying too...I don't get offended by what people post even when it's nasty, I just wonder why it's allowed on this board...I post on various other types of message boards such as stock market and investment type boards, and even some other sports related boards, and not one of them allow posters to be called names, or disrespected in any form...

 

Here is a c/p from the mod handbook (from another site) as to what is and isn't allowed...(Not the full document)

 

Personal Attack

This is when someone attacks one or more members personally rather than the content of that Member's message.  The post does not have to be addressed to the "target" of the attack to be considered a Personal Attack. If it attacks a messenger rather than the message, it qualifies for deletion and it is expected that Moderators will remove it. (Example) "You're stupid! The CEO would never do that!" "Only an idiot would think that way"

 

If the post is about other Users then it should be removed.

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