Posted by fayeroe on November 22, 2008, at 13:20:47 [reposted on November 22, 2008, at 13:45:31 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Please follow site guidelines, posted by Toph on November 21, 2008, at 14:41:43
> I appreciate your patience with me Dinah as I have little patience with the views of this poster. One admin question, if I have twice now merely paraphrased (something you like to call sarcasm) the statements of another person why were not the original posts also deemed uncivil?
I believe than numerous posters were more than patient with the discussion here and on Politics for a very, very long time.
I've been here a long time and I've never seen such a disruptive and unkind thread be allowed to go on as long as these threads did. This just didn't start the day that the originator of the thread was PBCed the first time because it had a full head of steam by the time it was noticed. I received a lot of Babblemail questioning why something had not been done to put a stop to the threads.
And of course we can all ignore posts and move on..but at what cost? If I see what I believe is injustice and prejudice in a thread, I'll step up and try to reason with the poster. I'll keep trying for as long as I have the patience left in me. It is human nature to push the edge of the envelope when patience has run out and frustration takes over.
I am not faulting you, Dinah, at all. Just expressing feelings similiar to Topher's post.
I am going to start using that notification button a lot sooner from now on.
Pat
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