Posted by pegasus on June 22, 2004, at 16:23:15
In reply to What I *really* don't get are the inconsistencies, posted by Dinah on June 22, 2004, at 10:31:42
Right. And one gripe at this point is that even if you go read his links and disagree with the conclusions he draws from them, he just keeps saying that his links have demonstrated the things that he asserts. Even though in my opinion they haven't. I feel that he ignored my main points when I tried to disagree with him. It's just getting my hackles up, that he doesn't seem to me to be interested in a back and forth dialog about any of this, even though he's putting forth these opinions in a relatively . . . ahem . . . assertive way.
He says he feels that his skeptical posts are valuable to babble. And yet, I can't help suspecting, because of his style, that he might have other motives. This is just my opinion, and my read on the situation, but I am not getting a feeling of support and respect from his posts, like I do from almost everyone else here. Quite the contrary. This really bothers me quite a lot. I don't think babble is meant to be about people giving opinions in any form (he says he won't be PC about his opinions, which I think means that he doesn't want to worry about how anyone else feels about his wording or approach). Babble is meant to be where we can be supportive and helpful to each other. Even when we sometimes disagree with each other. Many of us do that in a very respectful and supportive way.
I've asked him not to post to me in the future, and so has Aphrodite. Maybe others would find it helpful to do the same. I won't be responding to any further posts from him, either.
Dr. Bob, I hope you can think of something to do to help with this situation. I know he's not being overtly inappropriate or uncivil, but I feel (and apparently others do as well) that it's putting a bad flavor into babble, which many of us depend on.pegasus
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