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In reply to the discussion: Whisp has been PPRed [View all]tblue37
(65,340 posts)from you before (and I do tend to notice such things), and that post kind of freaked me out.
I have seen that both you and JTFrog do get into fairly intense discussions with various people from time to time, and as I have said in other posts on this thread, when I serve on a jury, my inclination is to leave posts alone if they are just vigorous, even heated, arguments, since this is, after all, a *discussion* board, not an echo chamber. I get annoyed with the way some people alert on posts just because they disagree with them--and sometimes just because they dislike the poster. I have also seen obvious cases of alert-stalking, and that disgusts me.
I must also admit that I was appalled that some of the jurors on that post were obviously voting on the basis of animosity against JTFrog, not on the appropriateness of the post. I don't know either of you personally, not even in the online sense of "personally," but I think each post should be judged on its merits, not on the matter of who made the post or whom he/she was responding to.
I don't ever alert on a post myself, although I *can* imagine some types of posts that would provoke me to do so (for example, the repulsive rape threats some women are subjected to). But I did think that your post crossed a line, and though I would not have alerted on it myself, I would have voted to hide if I had been on the jury (which I was not), even though I hate to see long time members accumulating hides that could get them suspended.
I suffer from fairly severe chronic pain of several types, so I certainly understand how pain can set you on edge. After so many years I have adjusted to my pain, but if something happens to spike it significantly, it can make me feel as though I could chew nails and spit carpet tacks. I am quite mild-mannered normally, but I would not want to be someone who crossed me when I am like that. They would not escape the encounter unscathed!
I hope you heal fast. Keep in mind that our bodies' healing process operates largely during sleep. That angry interchange last night actually occurred in the wee-ugly hours of the morning, so you were undoubtedly exhausted as well as in pain. I know pain can make it hard to sleep, but you *need* to sleep in order to facilitate healing.
Take care of yourself, get well, and remember--this is just a message board, and the people on it are not really all that important in your life.
ON EDIT: BTW, JTFrog is a woman. She confirmed my assumption last night after I posted it.