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CTyankee

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21. You know, in our own lives most of us have had to literally avoid people who become

Reply to Marrah_G (Reply #20)

Tue Jul 7, 2015, 08:20 AM

Jul 2015

intolerable, in one way or another. As I said earlier in his thread, why tolerate here what we would not tolerate in our daily lives outside of DU? I have had to part with friends and associates due to a behavior issue, or a set of beliefs we find reproachable or any number of other reasons. We just don't. It cleanses our "air" here on DU considerably to judiciously use the "Ignore" option...

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today I did something I swore I'd never do: put someone on ignore. [View all] CTyankee Jul 2015 OP

Ah geez! Who could be a jerk to you?!?! You're one of DU's best! Coventina Jul 2015 #1

well, thanks...I just was shocked that an opinion could be called "filthy." CTyankee Jul 2015 #4

Haven't done it yet, yank, elleng Jul 2015 #2

Yes, I just felt that there was so much good to experience here, why put up with something you would CTyankee Jul 2015 #5

Same Here ProfessorGAC Jul 2015 #26

SMART of you to pick up on it, Professor! elleng Jul 2015 #28

I have used it--usually for only a day or two hlthe2b Jul 2015 #3

this came as a real shock to me... CTyankee Jul 2015 #6

If it's who I think it is from your xanax thread this morning, you showed amazing restraint. Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2015 #7

No it was on a gun thread. I think the poster self deleted and I self deleted most of mine. CTyankee Jul 2015 #8

Actually, it's kind of funny just the thought of a xanax thread as going out of control... CTyankee Jul 2015 #9

Don't bear any guilt trips over using the Ignore function. Paladin Jul 2015 #10

Generally, I can just ignore folks by not clicking on their posts... Wounded Bear Jul 2015 #11

That's what I do Major Nikon Jul 2015 #19

Can you read this? panader0 Jul 2015 #12

just your sig line...what's up? CTyankee Jul 2015 #13

Just checking to see if I was the one on ignore. lol panader0 Jul 2015 #14

my goodness, why would I do that? CTyankee Jul 2015 #15

It's like the last song about Satan seveneyes Jul 2015 #16

I only did it once IrishEyes Jul 2015 #17

I blocked someone here once. I had to they wouldn't stop sending mackerel Jul 2015 #18

It makes Du a much nicer place Marrah_G Jul 2015 #20

You know, in our own lives most of us have had to literally avoid people who become CTyankee Jul 2015 #21

Nicely put. (nt) Paladin Jul 2015 #22

Exactly Marrah_G Jul 2015 #34

Like you, I'd really not used it much. hamsterjill Jul 2015 #23

the gun issue is a difficult one for DU to deal with. CTyankee Jul 2015 #25

Some posters are simply so passionate about an issue that they fail to read carefully, I think. hamsterjill Jul 2015 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author olddots Jul 2015 #24

I've Been Here RobinA Jul 2015 #27

I have....I looked at my list and found Burma Jones Jul 2015 #30

hmm, that's interesting... CTyankee Jul 2015 #31

Ignore AND "trash thread" and "block" options dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #32

Ah, it's the anonymity thing here at DU...unlike the real world but yes...in the real CTyankee Jul 2015 #33