California Girl
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- Oct 8, 2009
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- #21
Why do so many posters engage in name calling and disparaging remarks when they have a difference of opinion with another? Is this a way to vent their anger to something going on in their life?
Just what makes people so ugly that they cannot contain themselves in a civil discussion? Does it make them more superior and they need that so badly?
Don't get me wrong, I have thought of not so nice names when I read some posts, but I wouldn't think of saying it on the board. Nor would I be so rude when in engaging in a face to face discussion. Why do it here?
I have been on a few sites that the avid name calling and cursing one another had ramped up the intellectual responses in a few. Waltky's posts remind me of a few things I have come across from a few different boards where some of the posters are known to do such. California Girl seems to be one that could 'fit right in'...
Sometimes being in a calming... atmosphere is not provoking enough for some and posts remain unchallenged/unchallenging. The name calling and cursing, while it can prove to be a distraction and destroy some potential in some, it has it's benefits. Some seem to *just* be 'called' to do so... as some are so witty and well equipped with adequate words that it is most effective.
The balancing act that mods would have to do in maintaining an atmosphere most productive is not something I envy. I have been on boards that seemingly have some very difficult expectations... I end up sometimes being more passive and accommodating than not... and most of my points seem to be overlooked or annoying as hell to some... and I have even been banned... *lola* Go figure.
I don't understand what gets some posters banned... but then, too, when threads go on drama trips I usually loose interest, even if only for a while.
It seems some posters thrive off of drama trips, though, and some post for the sole purpose of provoking such things.
I see you fit nicely into the "I take CG far too seriously" box.
Idiot.