Re: ROUGH DAY HERE YESTERDAY

golding76 · ‎05-19-2012

You are so right, Shanus. That is the heartbreak of it all.

To me, it all comes down to allowing and respecting others to have their own ideas and opinions. We are all different; therefore, we all have different thoughts.

When someone does not allow others to have their thoughts and ideas (assuming they are good and decent thoughts, of course), that person is thinking the entire world should see things his or her way. Their way or the highway, as the saying goes.

I'm with you.

Sadiesadie · ‎08-05-2011

@golding76 @ @Shanus, I so agree with your last paragraph especially, @golding76. There is that saying that is so true: Those who have been hurt, hurt. Doesn’t excuse them but helps me brush them off except to feel sorry for them.

Have a wonderful rest of your holiday season

staciesmom · ‎04-13-2010

It's the same posters everytime! I hesitate to post on here due to this problem. Sad there are such miserable people.

golding76 · ‎05-19-2012

Maybe I'm the only one, but I have a mental image of the "stinger posters." I picture them in a corner, enmeshed in a web of their own making and looking for something to excite their negative nastiness so that they will emerge and sting again.

To me, they are like a venomous spider waiting for an opportunity to inject poison.

blueluna · ‎11-09-2016

@Shanus wrote:
Tough skin or not, yesterday was brutal for me no matter which forum I was posting on. It seemed the “nasties” were out in full force and I finally signed out.

I asked the mods to delete my “Truthful Post” thread because it became a personal attack on me and others here.

I’m really disappointed in the lack of the ability to accept various opinions without criticism. Maybe that’s something we can all work on for the new year.

Shanus

I saw 2 threads in AF yesterday. One where you started a thread accusing other posters of being dishonest in their posts and when posters didn't all agree with you, you said you weren't returning to the thread and then you had it removed.

Then a poster started a fun light hearted thread and you and you alone posted a couple of sour negative posts, hurt the OP's feelings (& she told you you did & others on the thread said you were rude) and she ended up asking to have her thread removed since you derailed it.

geezerette · ‎03-16-2010

@Shanus wrote:
@golding76 wrote:
Shanus,

I am sorry, too, that you experienced the cruelty that somehow manages to make its way onto this forum.

If it helps, you might try what I try (sometimes unsucessfully, I might add). Before I allow myself to post something, I picture the audience. Yes, for the most part, those who read and post are what you would imagine: mature, considerate and balanced individuals. Basically wholesome types that you would enjoy as a neighbor.

HOWEVER, as you, I and many others have realized, there is an equivalent of a sociopathic hermit sitting out there ready to respond to you with a bitterness and anger that has simmered for a decade or two. The response is meant to make you feel as small and unimportant as this sad person feels. They are there; we cannot help them; but it is best to try to avoid them. ...if you can.
@golding76 I totally get your reply, but if we all begin to censor our posts to avoid the snarky ones, are we still able to voice our opinions or are we just posting meaningless drivel?