Introduction

[sswhateverlove]

Then maybe you should have lurked a little more... gotten to know the people around here a little.

You know, you could be learning about the community as a whole, but instead you're lashing against most suggestions as to actually *how* you can get along here. I've seriously tried with you, and so have a lot of others... I even posted in a mod thread about how I'd like to see you become a valuable member... but you just push and push.

This is the Intro forum, and I'm a mod, and I really am squeezing the rules here, but just a little advice (again): try not to be so combative; try to ease into the banter here. You're obviously pushing a lot of buttons; maybe you should reflect on why that's happening.

Hmm... My motives were not to lurk. My motives were not to learn about the community as a whole. My motives were to have an intellectual discussion about very specific things I had previously written. If you do not think I'm a "valuable member" because you think I "push and push", that says more about you than it does about me. My pushing has been defensive, not combative. I'm pushing buttons because people don't like my opinions. It's to be expected. I'm not here to make friends (though some people have been nice), I'm here for intellectual debate. If anything, I've consistently avoided personal insults, name-calling, and other harsh words, unlike other "valuable members"? of the forum.

I know it's not just me to blame, because I recognize there are sympathizers and people that have seen this happen over and over to other people who come on here. I'm sorry, but I'm not going to take your shaming to heart.