RE: Seeking female atheist writer/speaker for YouTube collaboration
September 23, 2014 at 12:06 am
I have to say, whether anyone cares or not, this has been one of the worst experiences of my life. In case anyone cares about the truth of the matter, I would like to draw your attention to a couple of points:
First and foremost, although I admittedly did not read the forum rules ahead of time, I would point out that my post was fully in compliance with Rule 5: "No advertising." I clearly qualified for the exception that is described in your rules as "One very important exception to the the 30/30 requirement". At the very worst, I could have been faulted for providing a personal email address for offline conversation, given that the idea is to keep the conversation in the forum. I was not spamming, and rexbeccarox's very friendly and engaging responses made it clear that she did not think I was spamming or shilling. In fact she went out of her way several times to defend my honor, for which I offer due gratitude to her.
Second, LastPoet, you publicly denounced me, even going so far as to hope that I am not indeed GreatBigBore on YouTube, but you based your denunciation on something entirely untrue. I never made a single complaint about the forum rules or your enforcement of them. Thank you for being such a sport by PM, telling me that the truth of this matter is "irrelevant" to you. Becca, I still don't understand how at the beginning of the conversation you were very helpful and kind, but at the end of the conversation you decided that I am simply shilling and spamming. I wonder why you didn't notice it at the beginning. Maybe because I ran afoul of LastPoet, who finds the truth irrelevant?
ShaMan, you have built quite an edifice of disrespect in my honor, but please note that I intended no offense when I used the word nazi. I realize that you and I are victims of the problem of conveying tone-of-voice over the internet. I thought that "busted" and the exclamation point would convey my intent, but it did not. In support of my innocuous intentions, please note that in my last response to you, although admittedly an angry response, I described my nazi comment as "friendly banter". That's how it was intended. You said that if I had legitimately defended myself you would consider an apology. Presumably you won't consider this a legitimate defense, but presumably you haven't read this far anyway.
And everyone, call me a baby all you like for "taking my toys and going home". Sites ban trolls all the time when they abuse people. There's no difference between that and me wanting to be removed from this site when I feel abused. Maybe it's a dumb request, and yes, you're all quite correct that I can just leave, which I do plan to do. The only reason I'm typing all this is because I'm desperate to get it out of my system.
Goodbye.
First and foremost, although I admittedly did not read the forum rules ahead of time, I would point out that my post was fully in compliance with Rule 5: "No advertising." I clearly qualified for the exception that is described in your rules as "One very important exception to the the 30/30 requirement". At the very worst, I could have been faulted for providing a personal email address for offline conversation, given that the idea is to keep the conversation in the forum. I was not spamming, and rexbeccarox's very friendly and engaging responses made it clear that she did not think I was spamming or shilling. In fact she went out of her way several times to defend my honor, for which I offer due gratitude to her.
Second, LastPoet, you publicly denounced me, even going so far as to hope that I am not indeed GreatBigBore on YouTube, but you based your denunciation on something entirely untrue. I never made a single complaint about the forum rules or your enforcement of them. Thank you for being such a sport by PM, telling me that the truth of this matter is "irrelevant" to you. Becca, I still don't understand how at the beginning of the conversation you were very helpful and kind, but at the end of the conversation you decided that I am simply shilling and spamming. I wonder why you didn't notice it at the beginning. Maybe because I ran afoul of LastPoet, who finds the truth irrelevant?
ShaMan, you have built quite an edifice of disrespect in my honor, but please note that I intended no offense when I used the word nazi. I realize that you and I are victims of the problem of conveying tone-of-voice over the internet. I thought that "busted" and the exclamation point would convey my intent, but it did not. In support of my innocuous intentions, please note that in my last response to you, although admittedly an angry response, I described my nazi comment as "friendly banter". That's how it was intended. You said that if I had legitimately defended myself you would consider an apology. Presumably you won't consider this a legitimate defense, but presumably you haven't read this far anyway.
And everyone, call me a baby all you like for "taking my toys and going home". Sites ban trolls all the time when they abuse people. There's no difference between that and me wanting to be removed from this site when I feel abused. Maybe it's a dumb request, and yes, you're all quite correct that I can just leave, which I do plan to do. The only reason I'm typing all this is because I'm desperate to get it out of my system.
Goodbye.
