People Are Strange

[ms liberty]

29. Great post...

DU seems to be a boiling cauldron of dysfunction right now. I've never been a prolific poster - as evidenced by my post count and length of membership! - I just don't enjoy squabbling back and forth to no purpose. There are a number of members who seem to be invested in proving their worth by being as divisive, nasty and mean as they can get away with. And then there are the people who enjoy and encourage that sort of thing. Shrug...bullies always have an entourage. I've been practising disengagement for quite a while. If I type a reply to any post, I read it and read it again, then ask myself if its worth my time before I hit post. Usually I erase and back out, because it's not worth it. You're one of the few DU'ers I actually reply to on a regular basis, because you are a reasonable and thoughtful man, and one for whom I have so much respect! On another note, your post reminds me of a conversation mr liberty related to me between him and one of his coworkers. They were discussing another coworker's annoying habit of turning every conversation into a lesson on the benefits of his fundamentalist Christian beliefs (Hell! Teh Gays! Wimmen! EVIL Muslin POTUS!). The coworker said to mr liberty, "just don't engage" and put his hand in front of his face, vertically and straight, with his thumb facing his nose, and waved outward and down, as he said engage. We laughed about it, but its become our go-to response to the people who want to spread the negative. I use it every day at DU, lately!