Posted by Lou Pilder on August 17, 2013, at 14:46:59
In reply to Re: a refuge(e) board » sleepygirl2, posted by 10derheart on July 5, 2013, at 22:26:22
> I know, but I think....with the low traffic here (except for Meds) that another board for any reason doesn't sound wise. Psych is nearly dead, Social on life support...etc. People are creatures of habit. Of course they/we can change, but change for the sake of change usually makes little sense to me. A new board because he can't place the same limits that have essentially been here for years on one poster? Why is Lou allowed to say that I (and DB) am a promoter of hate and an anti-Semite? Why is he exempt, and therefore posts nearly anything he wants, at any time, to anyone?
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> Wouldn't Lou just avoid that new board? And how would that address the issue? I care a lot more about what he says to others than what he says to me, although it hurts more than you can imagine to be compared to murderers and racists.
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> I am so lost and all DB does is keep changing the subject or making inaccurate assertions, like that posters don't want Lou here - something only perhaps one person ever said recently (block Lou immediately, etc.) and that I entirely reject. Lou can be here like anyone if he follows the same rules. I want Lou here. I want civility here. Lou can be civil - I have seen it.
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> I meant...that to me the idea he would create a special place instead of moderating all the existing boards reasonably, according to guidelines already in place and workable makes me feel....like I'm being shuffled off to some padded room for annoying people because his incomprehensible experiments here are more important than allowing all posters to freely read and post on any board they want, knowing certain lines are drawn.
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> Asking for *all* posters to be restrained from accusing, gross exaggerations and jumping to conclusions seems like hardly a request at all.
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> My head hurts.10,
Now you say,[...Why is Lou allowed to say I am a promoter of hate and an anti-Semite...].
You did not cite the URL that contains what you say that I posted here. Because of that, there is the potential for some readers to see me in a false light. This could induce hostile or disagreeable feelings toward me and decrease the respect, regard or confidence in which I am held. I am asking that you post such URLs, if they exist, that you used to make such a claim. Then I could post my response to you and show the readers the context in which whatever you say about the post is in. Then readers can make their own determination as to if or if not what you claim about me here is true or not.
There are many definitions of what anti-Semitism is. The generally accepted definition here is if the statement has the potential to put down/accuse Jews, then it is an anti-Semitic statement. As to if one is an anti-Semite, that is determined by another method. Hostility toward a Jew could be included in the assessment of if a person is or is not an anti-Semite. And if one advances hate, could they be thought to be a promoter of hate? And if one has the opportunity to denounce hate, and the hate flourishes because the hate is not denounced,
does that mean that the one that had the opportunity to denounce the hate and did not, have the potential to lead others to think that they are actually promoting the hate?
Lou
Friends,
If you are interested in this ongoing situation that I find myself in here, I am asking that you read the following.
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20130702/msgs/1049210.html
poster:Lou Pilder
thread:1046456
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20130702/msgs/1049219.html