Posted by Dr. Bob on March 5, 2014, at 1:33:51
In reply to Re: brklyn23-Blocked?-Unjust?, posted by baseball55 on March 3, 2014, at 19:59:49
> > I thought he was uncivil. You don't think so?
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> I don't. You make no distinction between people who are deliberately provocative, insulting and hostile - whose posts are clearly meant only to provoke and sow discord - and those who react negatively to such people.
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> This idea you have that such posters should be ignored is unreasonable.
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> I don't think it's so hard to make reasonable judgements and moderate helpfully. You go round in round in circles about this. But I have been on boards for years where a moderator simply says to a "flamer" - enough. You're blocked.
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> Everyone else can tell the difference between flamers (or, as others have called them, trolls) and those who simply react negatively as any normal human being would react negatively to being gratuitously insulted. Why can't you?See above:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20140304/msgs/1061864.html
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