[split] Warm Greetings - The Not Welcome-y Stuff

[drfuzzy]

But passive-aggressive?  Jailhouse bravado?  Back off, guys. Name-calling, with a forum member that we KNOW is almost always logical, patient and clear-headed?  Can't we cut him some slack and open a real dialogue?

If this:

And by the way, LP, a word of advice: make sure you only ever use the phrase "passive aggressive" in the safety of a computer keyboard, or you might meet someone who's willing to get actually aggressive with you... you know, like someone who did a fucking decade in the joint.

isn't passive-aggressive or jailhouse bravado, then I think the only alternative is that it's overtly aggressive and an attempt at jailhouse intimidation. A line has been crossed here. And maybe I missed it, but I don't even see LP using the phrase 'passive-aggressive' anyway. Was it edited out or in a private message?

"Jailhouse intimidation".  Well yes.  He served time.  Words were threats.  It's a conditioned response that anyone who had been in his situation might fall into.  But we know how this guy usually is.  I think this is what I mean by "cut him some slack".  The angry post is not his norm, and we all know it.