jane
Well-Known Member
I was the one originally being referred to as Hitler (and Stalin), I think he was carrying on that as a joke.
Some people agreed with you, in fact I agreed with alot(maybe most) of your points in this thread.
Stop taking every difference of opinion as a personal sleight or bullying.
I didn't accuse anyone of bullying. I said something that I presumed to be fact, based on the number of threads we've had where people are very unwilling to accept a broader or more liberal perspective, or to respect the experiences of others. We've had threads on racism where people lapse into the same old apologist rhetoric, threads on feminism (and look where those go!), homophobia, etc. There're a lot of very conservative, narrow opinions on here. People got really offended and had a go at me.
I was pointing out what I saw and it was in no way personal, but it resulted in some nasty schoolyard sniping. Not from you, petethedrummer. These snipes and my responses to them frequently are followed up by the Elder Statesmen of Thumped posting advice for me on how I could be less of a shit-stirrer and more of a nice, obedient girl.
There are differences of opinion and I do respect those, but what I don't respect are insults which are then defined as 'differing opinions' which apparently I'm then supposed to 'respect'.