Posted by Dinah on December 14, 2013, at 10:55:32 [reposted on December 15, 2013, at 21:55:58 | original URL]
In reply to Lou's response-valdyhey » Dinah, posted by Lou Pilder on December 14, 2013, at 10:32:04
> the statement could decrease the respect and confidence in which I am held.
No statement from me can decrease respect for you. My statements can only decrease others' respect for me.
You are the only person who can make choices to increase or decrease the respect others have for you.
You've said that former deputies have done things that could, in your opinion, lead to our kidnapping, imprisonment, and death. You have consistently for years accused us of antisemitic acts. Me. Someone who twice tried to convert to Judaism. You have stated that we would not act on your notifications, when the simple truth was that we would act against blatant statements against Judaism, but were unable to get Dr. Bob to clarify his Faith Board policies on statements like the ones you are complaining about in such a way that we could understand what we were to do. So in the absence of outright putdowns, we referred Faith Board decisions to him until we could understand what he wanted. You have accused us of not responding to your notifications, when you are not giving the full story of what happened. You have accused mothers of harming their children by following doctor's advice about medications. You even put "infanticide" in a post title, though you later apologized. Of course later you put "complicity" if I remember correctly in the subject line of a post about deputies and former deputies.
Dr. Bob has practically given you a carte blanche to post whatever you like. Why don't you ask him if you can post the remaining gates that, for whatever reason, you thought would be considered against board policy. We could ask Dr. Bob. Dr. Bob?
Dr. Bob's decision has reduced my respect for both you and him. Why don't you ask him to give you equal protection under Babble rules, and not make a special case just for you? Why do you think he does that, Lou? Why has he said he does it? He has compared it to a homeless shelter and said it's because he thinks you have no friends.
My statements were actually made as an interpretation of his words, not as a statement against you. He responded, in what might be seen as a clarification of my interpretation, that it was because you had no friends that he was refraining from sanctioning you for what others would be sanctioned for.
Do you want that special treatment? Does it make you feel good, or does it make you feel bad that Dr. Bob is doing that? I think it would make me feel very bad, very insulted, and I would demand that he not base his moderation on me out of sympathy for my lack of friends. I would demand that he respect me enough to treat me like he would anyone else. (In fact, I do.)
And of course, without regard to Dr. Bob's actions, when you are more polite to me then I will be more polite to you.
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