Re: Smoothing troubled waters? » Twinleaf

Posted by zazenducke on July 16, 2012, at 5:10:00

In reply to Re: Smoothing troubled waters?, posted by Twinleaf on July 16, 2012, at 1:00:14

I was worried myself whether you meant me by your initial post. I think posts pointing out bad behavior by unmentioned posters might leave many posters feeling a bit defensive. Posters you never had in mind. But it probably wouldn't be all that helpful to clarify.
Dinah
Maybe Dinah has a point?
Might be more productive to reach out to newcomers with help and advice? I don't know *shrug*
Maryann is a helpful and insightful person who reaches out to others. I noticed she posted a link to some great music for Phil who posted about being suicidal the other day and hasn't been heard from lately. Maybe try something like that?
Just a thought
> It's very distressing to see how many destructive posts there have been here lately. It seems so ironic that, when there were almost incessant civility warnings and blocks, most of them were for very minor things, often so minor that it was not even clear why they were given. Now there are posts clearly aimed to hurt. We really do need monitoring for these destructive posts, although it seems pretty clear that we are not going to get it. This board has been through a lot, but it still has a lot of vital information and available support and understanding to offer. There are very few places like this. However,I see these negative posts as being very damaging to the positive values which still remain here. If they continue, they will make the board unsafe for everyone, but especially for new posters, who will be even less able to take them in stride than the rest of us.
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> I think it is vital to a mental health forum that it's members treat one another with respect, as this indicates that they respect and care about themselves as they should. Everyone here should, firstly, be a thoughtful and responsible human being. Having an emotional or mental disorder is only a part of who they are. It does not entitle them to disrespect or hurt others.

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Re: If you Can't Say Anything Nice Talk To Me marylou333 7/15/12
Smoothing troubled waters? » Dinah zazenducke 7/15/12
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Re: Go wash the dishes or something (nm) » Emme_V2 zazenducke 7/15/12
Re: Smoothing troubled waters? » zazenducke Dinah 7/15/12
Re: Smoothing troubled waters? zazenducke 7/15/12
Re: Smoothing troubled waters? » zazenducke Dinah 7/15/12
Re: Smoothing troubled waters? Dinah 7/15/12
Re: Smoothing troubled waters? Phillipa 7/15/12
Re: Smoothing troubled waters? » Phillipa Dinah 7/15/12
Re: Smoothing troubled waters? » Dinah Phillipa 7/15/12
Re: Smoothing troubled waters? Twinleaf 7/16/12
Re: Smoothing troubled waters? » Twinleaf zazenducke 7/16/12
Re: Smoothing troubled waters? » Dinah zazenducke 7/16/12
Re: correction zazenducke 7/16/12
Re: correction ron1953 7/16/12
Re: Smoothing troubled waters? » zazenducke Dinah 7/16/12
Ain't It The Truth ron1953 7/16/12
Re: Ain't It The Truth » ron1953 zazenducke 7/16/12
Re: Ain't It The Truth » zazenducke Phillipa 7/16/12
Re: Ain't It The Truth ron1953 7/16/12
:-) (nm) » ron1953 sleepygirl2 7/16/12
Lou's response-dhakruckz » zazenducke Lou Pilder 7/17/12
Re: Lou's response-dhakruckz zazenducke 7/18/12
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Re: Ain't It The Truth rjlockhart37 8/22/12

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