Another person's transgressions doesn't absolve you from being civil in response. That's what civilization means.
It's not always easy, but it's an ideal we should hold ourselves to if we want our community to be a place worth spending time.
It's not always easy, but it's an ideal we should hold ourselves to if we want our community to be a place worth spending time.
It was just a story!
You guys are amazing to me, how you can inflate something as simple as a story into this monumental thing.
I wrote the piece in 15 minutes. You're spending 48 hours debating every nuance of something that means nothing.
Totally bizarre.
I care about being a part of a community that doesn't let the escalation of (real and perceived) slights debase the overall conversation. That's what I'm talking about. You spent 15 minutes on a story, I've spent the last few years trying to be a constructive part of this community.
I get this all the time. When people hear how I talk they're suprised because it's not the voice they hear when they read my writing. But I write just the way I talk. Funny how that is. ;-)
Don't mind me, I am just holding back the tide.