B19 wrote:
I appreciate your capacity for reflection Sweetleaf, and you are one of those rare members who posts apologies when you consider that the right action.
This is a fairly rare and valuable ability without which WP would be less than it is.
We all make mistakes. Everyone. They are most likely to happen here, as posting errors, after being the recipient of a campaign of personal attacks, flaming and other obnoxious behaviour.
The inveterate sexism in the L and D subforum has been an ongoing form of member harassment for a long long time. That is what has to go from WP, not you.
I just feel like to remain here I am going to really have to start tip-toeing around and making sure to avoid posting responses to anyone I have ever had a conflict with or even posting in threads that they are actively posting in otherwise more conflicts are inevidable and it will just never end.
I do want to stay because I do remember a time when it was enjoyable to post on here and talk to other autistic people. But I just don't know if I can handle all the negativity and people bringing up conflicts I was involved in additional threads where the conflict didn't happen. I know its just bait and I shouldn't respond but being my dumb self I can't resist. I guess I am not really sure what to do, especially since with all this corona and protests going on I have had a harder time keeping my mental health at bay.
I seem to have a big problem with getting myself into trouble when I try to stick up for myself or turn someones own medicine(rudeness) back on them. It just ends up I make myself look like a fool and then I am an easy target to mock further. Its gone on since I was a little kid.
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We won't go back.