Posted by Racer on July 26, 2006, at 0:49:18
In reply to Re: Has anyone noticed that you can't comment? » Racer, posted by Jost on July 25, 2006, at 22:49:16
>> What comment would you have made, if you'd like to say?
>
> JostI wanted to point out that GG's post didn't attribute the motive behind the site to hate -- it simply said that hate was damaging, and that indifference was probably more effective as well as healthier. There's nothing in that post -- you can see it here: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20060709/msgs/666973.html -- that says anything about hate as being the motive for the site in question.
Of course, being me, I'd probably have pointed out that misinterpretation of that sort is likely a big part of the writer's hurt feelings, as well as a big part of the accusations of anti-Semitism that are posted here periodically. And that they don't do much to advance the writer's cause.
You're right, though. My reaction might cause some hurt feelings. Personally, I'm not sure I'd be inclined to censor myself for that reason, though, because I think that what's written there has more than the potential to hurt feelings. I say that because I am one of the posters referred to, and my feelings were certainly not soothed by it.
I guess that's another place where you have to ask where the line is between something having the potential to hurt feelings, versus something which caused hurt feelings. Does that make sense?
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