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31 Jan 2012, 5:49 pm

Tequila wrote:
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We get ignored in real life. We don't need to be ignored on WP as well.


Ignoring someone is better than open hostility.


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31 Jan 2012, 5:51 pm

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I have definitely noticed tequila . I actually like most of your post excluding the one's that mention nationalism.


Nationalism in Britain is often different from the aggressive nationalism in the U.S. There are nearly as many different variations of nationalism as there are politics. Even many socialists have absolutely no problem with various different kinds of nationalism.

National conservative probably applies more to be than plain nationalist anyway.



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31 Jan 2012, 5:52 pm

jmnixon95 wrote:
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Thank you! He looks, er, old. ;)



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31 Jan 2012, 6:08 pm

So what are we supposed to do when someone annoys us and we feel provoked? Should we just respond to them being all nasty and rude with them or make fun of them and single them out? Which is it? What if you don't agree with what they write, how are you supposed to respond to them? Argue with them, debate their views? What if you don't like to argue and you don't care what someone thinks or what if you have better things to do than getting into a heated discussion? Should you have to force yourself into this situation? What if a person is way too sensitive so they always take things the wrong way or do false accusations and get nasty with people thinking they got attacked by them, should we have to keep responding to these people and continue getting attacked by them? What if you have nothing to say or what if you don't feel like participating, should you have to force yourself to think of something to say and make 100 posts a day?

No one likes getting nastiness and rudeness from people but yet they also don't like it when they are ignored? Make up your minds people. :roll: If you have nothing nice to say, don't say it at all and that is what people do by ignoring what they've read by someone. Like everyone says ignore them if you can't stand them.


This is a response to about being ignored.



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31 Jan 2012, 6:17 pm

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So what are we supposed to do when someone annoys us and we feel provoked? Should we just respond to them being all nasty and rude with them or make fun of them and single them out? Which is it? What if you don't agree with what they write, how are you supposed to respond to them? Argue with them, debate their views? What if you don't like to argue and you don't care what someone thinks or what if you have better things to do than getting into a heated discussion? Should you have to force yourself into this situation? What if a person is way too sensitive so they always take things the wrong way or do false accusations and get nasty with people thinking they got attacked by them, should we have to keep responding to these people and continue getting attacked by them? What if you have nothing to say or what if you don't feel like participating, should you have to force yourself to think of something to say and make 100 posts a day?

No one likes getting nastiness and rudeness from people but yet they also don't like it when they are ignored? Make up your minds people. :roll: If you have nothing nice to say, don't say it at all and that is what people do by ignoring what they've read by someone. Like everyone says ignore them if you can't stand them.


This is a response to about being ignored.


Exactly what I was thinking, but I couldn't really think of a way to put it tactfully... :hail:



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31 Jan 2012, 9:42 pm

May I join?


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31 Jan 2012, 9:49 pm

Tequila wrote:
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We get ignored in real life. We don't need to be ignored on WP as well.


Ignoring someone is better than open hostility.

I'm not so sure. Open hostility allows you to act back, and it allows you to think of things. Unspoken hostility often means you wouldn't be able to straighten it out with that person, and it gives you the feeling they don't trust you to sort out what's causing the problem. But I guess that's why it's called hostility, if both sides trust each other, it would be resolved differently.

Speaking generally, and not about a specific case.


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31 Jan 2012, 9:50 pm

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Open hostility allows you to act back, and it allows you to think of things. Unspoken hostility often means you wouldn't be able to straighten it out with that person, and it gives you the feeling they don't trust you to sort out what's causing the problem. But I guess that's why it's called hostility, if both sides trust each other, it would be resolved differently.


Depends on the nature of the hostility. I've been on forums where people have argued with each other and had bitterly opposed viewpoints and it ended up degenerating into hideous abuse.



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31 Jan 2012, 9:52 pm

It's important to know when to cut off an argument. Otherwise, arguing is healthy where there are different points of view.


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31 Jan 2012, 9:56 pm

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It's important to know when to cut off an argument. Otherwise, arguing is healthy where there are different points of view.


Yup, I agree. But when the argument is truly intractable and the opponents really hate each other, it's best just to let them ignore each other as otherwise it drags the forum down with them.



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31 Jan 2012, 9:57 pm

Yeah.


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31 Jan 2012, 9:58 pm

Tequila wrote:
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We get ignored in real life. We don't need to be ignored on WP as well.


Ignoring someone is better than open hostility.


I agree with you there. Sometimes it's better to ignore than it is to start something.


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31 Jan 2012, 10:00 pm

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Count me into this club here.


You're welcome here, any time. :)


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31 Jan 2012, 10:00 pm

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Sometimes it's better to ignore than it is to start something.


It's not so much this that I'm getting at: it's more that if there's no hope in reconciliation and both sides are so extreme and bitter in their views (and seriously hate each other - the sort of hatred that would bring punch-ups in real life) then it's best to let them pretend that each other doesn't exist?



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31 Jan 2012, 10:00 pm

i dont think im well known enough to be unpopular



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31 Jan 2012, 10:02 pm

Tequila wrote:
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Sometimes it's better to ignore than it is to start something.


It's not so much this that I'm getting at: it's more that if there's no hope in reconciliation and both sides are so extreme and bitter in their views (and seriously hate each other - the sort of hatred that would bring punch-ups in real life) then it's best to let them pretend that each other doesn't exist?


Now I see what you're getting at. In that case, that would be the best option.


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