Posted by Solstice on January 20, 2013, at 4:36:38
In reply to Re: Abuse of posters » hyperfocus, posted by SLS on January 9, 2013, at 13:07:17
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> However, I tend to confront abuse when I think I see that it is hurting others. Perhaps this is a bad habit of mine. Nobody has yet asked me to rescue them. It is frustrating, though, to sit back and do nothing. I guess I feel that this would be an abdication of social responsibility, even though I understand that confrontation of the abuser often "feeds the troll".
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> I'll need to think about this stuff some more.Scott - while I don't disagree with the OP's message, I want you to know that when you have intervened on my behalf in the past, it was a powerful experience... made me feel sturdier.. sucked the sting out of the abusive behavior coming toward me. So maybe it's not an either/or. Maybe it's both. One's not 'wrong' and the other 'right.' The OP's style can be very, very effective. But your heart-driven eloquent confrontations that feel protective to the poster being targeted are equally effective. At least they were for me.
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