If we saw each other at church on Sunday

[Tom Horn]

There are some here who are so consistently nasty and hateful that it's probably reasonable to wonder what kind of emotional benefit they get from being that way.

Yep, some people are only happy when they're miserable.

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

Or at the mall, chances are we'd have a friendly, civil conversation. So why is it on here everyone is empowered to call each other a blankedy blank blank bleep?

You know what is funny is the reality I would still tell many on here they're living proof why I support abortion...

I am that much of a rotten asshole, and when someone describe themself that way what Chances are there will I be civil to othwrs!?!

Oh, and I am aware the reality some of you would be offended and want to whip my mental midget was but still I enjoy the shock value rather than the civil boring routine of life...

I'm not offended. I just think we can do better as a culture. Rudeness isn't principle. It's rudeness.

I understand but I prefer blunt honesty than civil nonsense that lead to the same thing.

 

[usmbguest5318]

Or at the mall, chances are we'd have a friendly, civil conversation. So why is it on here everyone is empowered to call each other a blankedy blank blank bleep?

If at the church or mall you say to me things people here say in the way they often say them, we'd both be better off if all I do is call you a "blankedy blank blank bleep."

Face to face, most people tend to refrain from certain behaviors:

• They don't say things that are really stupid and then stand on them when they are shown the inanity of what they just said.
• They don't troll for chances to make inflammatory comments.
• When they're standing there looking at you standing 6'2" and built like a superhero they don't bark up the "fight" tree
• They don't get into debates with strangers unless they actually do know what they are talking about.

"They don't say things that are really stupid and then stand on them when they are shown the inanity of what they just said."

Meh, I see folks in national "leadership" roles doing that daily.

Well, yes, they do say those kids of things, but it's not exactly a conversation they are having when they do. They're responding to reporters' questions, and often they aren't strangers to the reporter(s). That's not exactly the same thing as what I think the OP was getting at.

 

[Dim Bulb]

Or at the mall, chances are we'd have a friendly, civil conversation. So why is it on here everyone is empowered to call each other a blankedy blank blank bleep?

You know what is funny is the reality I would still tell many on here they're living proof why I support abortion...

I am that much of a rotten asshole, and when someone describe themself that way what Chances are there will I be civil to othwrs!?!

Oh, and I am aware the reality some of you would be offended and want to whip my mental midget was but still I enjoy the shock value rather than the civil boring routine of life...

I'm not offended. I just think we can do better as a culture. Rudeness isn't principle. It's rudeness.

I understand but I prefer blunt honesty than civil nonsense that lead to the same thing.

I hear you. I think a person can be bluntly honest and be civil. There are others who believe that they need to be rude to be convincing. I disagree with that.

 

[BrokeLoser]

Or at the mall, chances are we'd have a friendly, civil conversation. So why is it on here everyone is empowered to call each other a blankedy blank blank bleep?

1.) Most who play in cyber-world have the mouth of an alligator and the ass of a hummingbird

2.) Everyone is 6'5" 270lbs when behind their keyboard

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Or at the mall, chances are we'd have a friendly, civil conversation. So why is it on here everyone is empowered to call each other a blankedy blank blank bleep?

1.) Most who play in cyber-world have the mouth of an alligator and the ass of a hummingbird

2.) Everyone is 6'5" 270lbs when behind their keyboard

Well I'm actually 6'4" 260 lbs and a black belt and I don't talk like that unless I'm attacked first.

I belive the people that do talk like that are as you say, they've never tried to talk that way in public nor would they if given the chance because they'd get their ass kicked. As for myself, I try to conduct myself the same way as if the discussion was taking place at a bar looking people face to face.

I used to belong to a local blog a few years back. A couple of times we met in person and of course, was a delightful experience. It was mostly conservatives, but one or two liberals would show up and no hostility whatsoever. Of course the liberals that did show up were not the flamers on the board. The flamers didn't even think of attending and with good reason.

 

[mdk]

I am pretty much the same here as I am in real life.

 

[Sherry]

Or at the mall, chances are we'd have a friendly, civil conversation. So why is it on here everyone is empowered to call each other a blankedy blank blank bleep?

Message boards were designed for such an outlet. It's therapy for many people.

 

[The Professor]

I don't go to church or the mall and don't talk much to strangers anyway. I'm polite to polite people and not polite to not so polite people. Here and in person.

Same here. I have never said anything about any poster that I would not say to him/her in person if they said to me what they did online. No exceptions.

 

[yiostheoy]

Or at the mall, chances are we'd have a friendly, civil conversation. So why is it on here everyone is empowered to call each other a blankedy blank blank bleep?

So these are the things that keep you awake worrying at night?

If I saw you at church we would not talk about politics.

And if I saw you at the mall we wouldn't talk about politics or religion.

Remember that rule?

Here, in this forum, people routinely talk about politics and religion and everything else that they fancy.

That's why not talking about politics or religion is a GOOD RULE !!!

 

[yiostheoy]

I don't go to church or the mall and don't talk much to strangers anyway. I'm polite to polite people and not polite to not so polite people. Here and in person.

Same here. I have never said anything about any poster that I would not say to him/her in person if they said to me what they did online. No exceptions.

Me too.

But then I weigh 225 lbs and have several martial arts awards. Plus I am well armed 24/7/365.

So I am not afraid to say anything to anybody.

I resist telling my brother in law that he is a total moron however. That would really piss my sister off if I did it.

 

[Iceweasel]

I am pretty much the same here as I am in real life.

Oh wow. You're a yellow robot.

 

[Iceweasel]

Message boards were designed for such an outlet. It's therapy for many people.

True. I'm single so I don't have anyone to argue with.

 

[yiostheoy]

Or at the mall, chances are we'd have a friendly, civil conversation. So why is it on here everyone is empowered to call each other a blankedy blank blank bleep?

Message boards were designed for such an outlet. It's therapy for many people.

On philosophical topics in the matter of logic, reason, and rhetoric, I cannot resist telling someone they are a moron if they use any of the common fallacies. That's just how it is.

Anyone using a fallacy is either a moron or is purposely deceitful.

List of fallacies:

List of fallacies - Wikipedia

 

[Dim Bulb]

Or at the mall, chances are we'd have a friendly, civil conversation. So why is it on here everyone is empowered to call each other a blankedy blank blank bleep?

So these are the things that keep you awake worrying at night?

If I saw you at church we would not talk about politics.

And if I saw you at the mall we wouldn't talk about politics or religion.

Remember that rule?

Here, in this forum, people routinely talk about politics and religion and everything else that they fancy.

That's why not talking about politics or religion is a GOOD RULE !!!

It's how they talk about politics that bothers me.

 

[yiostheoy]

I hear you. I think a person can be bluntly honest and be civil. There are others who believe that they need to be rude to be convincing. I disagree with that.

Normally I would scold you for being a troll and due to your very recent joining date I would add you to my ignore list.

But you are clearly a MOD and you have gone incognito.

You might even be the top admin or even the owner.

In real life most people are passive-aggressive and so if they don't like somebody they just clam up and stop speaking to them.

Here, the computer and the screen are everybody's cocoon so they feel safe in letting their inner-child bastard/b!tch come through the keyboard.

That's the main difference.

 

[tycho1572]

If you are not prepared to handle the truth, maybe you should stay off message boards.

I think we can disagree without being disagreeable. What's wrong with saying, "hey, I hear you believe that but that is totally not what I believe?" Rather than "Anyone who thinks what you think is a blankedy blank blank bleep!"

And what's wrong with treating every interaction like we're at a church social? Would that be bad?

What's wrong with letting people say what they want?
We're on a MB... not at a church social gathering, you little dingbat. lol

 

[yiostheoy]

It's how they talk about politics that bothers me.

Politics is power.

Right now the DEM's and the far left within them feel outraged.

The females to a certain extent feel outraged too.

For the past 8 years the GOP has felt outrage.

So there is simply a lot of outrage out there now across the USA from sea to shining sea.

That's just the way it is.

 

[yiostheoy]

If we saw each other at a political rally chances are we (mostly lefties) would reserve the right to smash windows and burn cars. This is a political forum not a Church social.

I don't go to political rallies.

However is Sarah Palin and her daughter were to do a strip tease and dance naked I would go then.

 

[Iceweasel]

I called my hippy dippy neighbor a retard. The fence is an old cedar one and a section periodically gets blown over. I have been the one fixing it over they years because they are renters and the owner is a slumlord.

Retard stacked a load of lumber and weird shit up against it and you'll never guess, it fell down. It was stormy, the pile of shit that should be at the dump was water logged and slipping onto my property a bit.

At first I was friendly with him as he beebopped over. I patiently showed him what happened. He denied it had anything to do with his shit. I tried again, this time lifting the post to where it knocked against his pile, not being able to get it vertical it stunned me when he continued to deny it.

That's when the r word found its' way out of my mouth. He said I was harsh. I walked off and said I'm not fixing it anymore. I guess slumlord got the message and took care of it.