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In reply to the discussion: OCOTILLO WIND TURBINE THROWS OFF MULTI-TON BLADE, PROMPTING WORLD-WIDE SHUT DOWN OF SIMILAR TURBINES [View all]IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)And referred to them as a group as "assholes."
I probably could have found another word: Bullies. Obnoxious. Rude. Inappropriate. Scummy. MEAN. Nasty. Not-Nice-People. Abusive. Insulting. Etc.
I went for the easy, everyone-understands-it-description: these people are/were behaving like assholes.
My only defense is that used against slander and libel: I believe it to be the God's Honest Truth.
And I also think they made the thread unpleasant.
I am furthermore NOT discussing it as an "attack" against the perpetrators, but rather with the Admin in order to discuss a problem I am seeing at DU along with ways to solve it going forward. (The folks in this thread, as I discuss in the ATA thread, would simply find new targets and/or be replaced by the next incarnation of "purity police" if they were made to go away. This is a common problem, with only the names of the folks involved changing.)
I believe you are offended because I used one of your comments as an example of inappropriate behavior, correct?
I am sorry if your feelings were hurt. I also am sorry you made the comment, and that I had to read it. It did not make DU a better place. It did not contribute to the discussion, and I thought it was intended to cause someone to feel hurt and belittled.
It is also pretty clear that the original poster was NOT responding (which negates the "it takes two to tango" argument when dealing with this type of abusive behavior).
I am not interested in any of the justifications you (or the others involved) might have for your Extremely Inappropriate Behavior. (There: is that a better way of saying it?)
Personally, I think that the Admins should be watching for multiple hides by the same people against the same people, and banning the rude ones (which I think would make DU a nicer place), but I would settle for "IGNORES" becoming automatically mutual, which would prevent the "gang-bang" syndrome.
I also trust that the Admins will figure this out. They closed meta (praise be!), and they truly care about DU and the folks who make it a community.
In the meantime, allow me to share what I tell my six-year olds about "using your words nicely" when talking to others:
If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.