Beat up ideas, not people. Attacking people is just...mean and a real turn off for people who are not exactly like you. It obviously bugs you that you are banned places, but you are banned because of unpleasant behavior. If you stopped acting the way you do, more people would want to talk to you. You post interesting things, sometimes, on your thread- when you take a pause from being so aggressive. If you keep acting the way you do here, I don't see people ever relaxing their bans, and why should they? It's not your politics, or your issues, it's the way your posts attack people, and how very unpleasant your posts are.
I've admitted I was wrong many times. I'm sorry you missed those times. But this really isn't about me. My ignores aren't equal or exceeding my bookmarks, and I'm not banned anywhere except the You Are Banned thread, and I like the way threads are run on SI. I'm glad conservatives can talk amongst themselves, and I'm glad liberals can do that, and I'm glad other moderators choose to boot people off for rudeness. It's a marketplace of threads here, and I like that, but I do think they should be about ideas and not bashing other folks posting on SI. If you want to be able to shop more broadly in the market of threads, change the way you act- the currency on SI is your ability to get along with people. I used to act kind of like you do now, and I didn't find it made for great communication. But we all learn our own lessons at our own pace. Good luck to you. |
