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Atheists & Agnostics

Warpy

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2. When it turns into a personal attack, you've got three options

Reply to cynatnite (Original post)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 03:57 AM

Jun 2013

You can either rub their noses in the fact that you're words on a screen and they know fuck all about the person behind them or you can alert on it and get that subthread shitcanned.

Or you can make one final post detailing where the religionist has gone off the rails and slowly back out of that thread forever, leaving the religionist spluttering in impotent fury.

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Help me out here... [View all] cynatnite Jun 2013 OP

It's what they do Lordquinton Jun 2013 #1

When it turns into a personal attack, you've got three options Warpy Jun 2013 #2

As Goethe said skepticscott Jun 2013 #3

Is this the correct thread? LostOne4Ever Jun 2013 #4

Thanks. I'm leaving it alone. cynatnite Jun 2013 #5

I countered a couple since the link was there Gore1FL Jun 2013 #9

We're like characters in a play, saying our lines. We only have to play our parts well. dimbear Jun 2013 #6

you are not the one who needs the help. ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2013 #7

I have no idea who you're talking about... Iggo Jun 2013 #8