(August 30, 2013 at 6:51 pm)ronedee Wrote: I guess this is fruitless! Most no one takes any responsibility for their actions around here. Its all justified by means of conjecture, and scapegoating.
Looks to me like you did try the high road for a couple of posts, and then realized it's hard work, and that you're not going to get a good reputation here overnight.
(August 30, 2013 at 6:51 pm)ronedee Wrote: I try to coverse with you guys on some kind of a human level and I get a pie in the face everytime....and the rest of you laugh it off using the "handy" excuse that I said some unmeasured, errant word or phrase in the context of my response!
The internet is a rough neigborhood. Complaining that people aren't nice enough to you doesn't get you anything.
(August 30, 2013 at 6:51 pm)ronedee Wrote: I'd like to tell you what I think the root reason is why this is constant.... but it makes no difference. Whatever I said would be run around the block 10 times until it resembled some monster with a life all its own!!
An awareness of how what you say will likely sound to us is a tool that can serve you well.
(August 30, 2013 at 6:51 pm)ronedee Wrote: This isn't about me! This is about "us"! And intelligent conversations, and exchanges examining ideas and reasons for the way we think.
If you want intelligent discussions, ignore unintelligent comments.
(August 30, 2013 at 6:51 pm)ronedee Wrote: I would love to hear one more of you (besides stimmy who has my respect btw) admit to the bs getting in the way of constructive exchanges! I have noticed the stand-up people bail-out when the threads deteriorate! That's probably the best advice I could take!
If the thread has jumped the shark, it's probably a good idea to bail. Sometimes the snark DOES get out of hand and get in the way.
(August 30, 2013 at 6:51 pm)ronedee Wrote: Shame on me for taking everyones advice, and trying to set a good example in the past week! Its been a rat race to get me to fall off the wagon!
That doesn't mean you should go back to drinking.
(August 30, 2013 at 6:51 pm)ronedee Wrote: I've wasted enough time trying to get the crud off of "our" shoes! I'll be aspiring to the upper echelon of thinkers and civil people here...albeit few.
Good for you.
(August 30, 2013 at 6:51 pm)ronedee Wrote: This is my final word on this subject. I won't be taking the bait anymore. Nor will I be conversing and answering posts [to me] laced w/ profanity and bs. Because in all reality; its not me, nor the message I want to relay, or want to hear from smart men and women.
Best of luck. I'm rooting for you.
