To be fair we've seem some in your face insults from LWE's (left wing extremists). However I can't think of any moderator quite as patient as Grainne- perhaps Faultline, who was (imo) almost perfect- but most moderators are humans (even Faultline was human), and humans generally don't like to be treated badly, insulted, or ridiculed.
If one is on SI to fight, then "in your face" is the fastest way to get a fight- and if liberals won't go to the fight, the conservatives have to come get them, which reflects on them what it reflects on them- and that's all there is to it. Come on- you've seen the posts "Liberals won't fight...blah blah blah", "Liberals won't show up and duke it out...blah blah blah." I don't know why some people don't just figure out that maybe fighting isn't productive, and might not be what most people want to do. I don't know anyone in 3d who is very interested in fighting. No one I know comes to our house to get in our face. In fact, I've never met anyone at work like that either. Thank goodness. Now if only SI could become as nice as 3d...wouldn't that be lovely?
Grainne and I disagree on many things, but I have absolutely no desire to get in her face, or ridicule her, or fight with her in any way. I enjoy her different way of looking at things, and since this is her thread, I respect her thread as if it were her home, and I will take the direction that she gives me when I post here. If one wishes to make a permanent home on a thread one should respect the moderator (or complain about being banned when it's obvious they could never get along with the moderator). I've no idea why people post often on threads where they do not like the moderator, or wish to insult the moderator, or only go to fight with the moderator. I can understand going to make a few comments, especially if something is perceived as unfair, but to stick around? What's the point, other than fighting? And isn't life a bit too short to spend it on negativity. Any one of us could be dead tomorrow. Many folks from SI are already gone, and we can all hope they thought, as they died, that they spent their lives well. Being mean is not a good way to spend the minutes you have left- no matter how many you think you have.
Before we post the next insult, before we blast someone, or treat someone with disrespect who has done nothing more than have an opinion we disagree with, we should all think about how we would feel if that post were our last- because some day we will post our last post. It would be nice to go out with some grace, kindness, and charity. |
