Posted by Dinah on October 21, 2012, at 0:40:13
In reply to Re: Leaving the circus, again » sleepygirl2, posted by Phil on October 20, 2012, at 22:20:24
Phil, don't let them get you down.
You aren't the first or last person to want to leave because of the posters you mentioned. But as you say, as people leave, those voices become the dominant ones.
I don't post here much myself anymore, because I don't much like an unmoderated board. I don't like what zzd said to you, or the ongoing comments to Scott. I wonder how a poster can post while blocked to continue to say hurtful things. But I'm sure you can guess who that poster is, Phil, and that that poster has done this with Amy Winehouse before. Perhaps he thinks you two have a joking relationship going on there.
I don't much like incivility to Lou either, but I sort of feel that we're now in the wild wild west. A woman killed her two kids here in New Orleans the other day. Her family says she's fine as long as she took her medications. Two kids are dead, and I see Lou making remarks like he makes. I think of my family members who are a danger to themselves when not medicated, and I get angry. I remember my mother making the same sort of anti medication rants until she'd been with them for a few days, when they were unmedicated. Now she doesn't say a word about the evils of medication.
I'm torn between urging you to stay and ignore the posters who ought to be ignored, and admitting that an unmoderated board might not be the best choice for all people at all times. Do what's best for you, Phil. I'll continue to send you all the positive energy I can either way.
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