Posted by fayeroe on July 25, 2010, at 22:07:56
In reply to Re: the system here » fayeroe, posted by Dinah on July 25, 2010, at 21:21:01
> As I recall, that idyll lasted only until someone with differing political beliefs came along.
I recall that the problem was in the manner the opposite viewpoint was presented. Name calling commenced and very angry words were posted and since we had never had anything like happen before, we were understandably defensive. I don't think that any of us acted like the person with the opposing views.
Criticizing someone's choices doesn't work.
I also recall that no one from administration stepped in
when we really needed help. I thought that administration applied to all boards. That entire episode could have been prevented if someone had been watching the board.After that, as far as I am concerned, it was full-blown overkill. We could not talk about ideas after that.
> I imagine it can be very peaceful to discuss politics as long as everyone agrees on the fundamentals. Maybe it's impossible on a place like Babble where Dr. Bob asks that we be sensitive to the feelings of posters of every political persuasion. I believe the Faith board suffers from the same tension.
A person can be a member of the "purple party" as far as I am concerned. But don't try to ram it down my throat in a angry and arrogant manner. The majority of the board members were liberal but we weren't trying to convert anyone. You can't have politics without at least two differing parties and that means differences and no one had fought about that before. Suddenly we felt that we were expected to be of one mind.
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> I know the board was important to you, and I'm sorry you are still distressed by its changing. Would it be impossible to reform the group somewhere where all would agree to agree on the fundamentals?Thank you, Dinah, for discussing this with me. I do feel very sad about the board and what we don't have now.
I don't know where we could reform the group. This has been home for us for a long, long time.
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