Corrupted Coco
Hey Hitch? Can you NOT pull the drama bullshit where you make a big deal of leaving and then don't? Do it or donn't. Thanks.
Don't try to start crap with me? I wanted to answer her question. Why don't you just block me if you are so interested in "calling me out" constantly. Problem solved. I may pop in here once in a while. Big whoop. I was pissed off when I said that I was leaving. I am by no means a "regular" Gaian. I've just been on a little bit more lately because I've been ill. Don't consider me a "member" of this place. Don't worry, I'll leave forever soon and be very happy. But I felt called to answer her post. I knew my answer might be different than other posters, because I am suggesting that this place might not be enough for someone. Honestly it's up to her to decide if she feels she needs more or not. Her question almost felt rherorical. Her reply to my reply basically helped her answer her own question, and that was all she really needed. From this point on I think she can speak for herself, don't you think?
You just made this a toxic place for me to post. You might want to do something about that, like controlling yourself.
The solution to not liking someone isn't always talking trash to them until they leave because they can't open their mouths without getting spat at. You can also be diplomatic. You didn't like my opinion on something, and that's fine. You can still be civil about opposing it, instead of immediate attacks. I realize my post was both misunderstood and hit a soft spot for a number of people. That doesn't make ostracizing me appropriate, especially when I'm on your side. My preferences have nothing to do with you. My personal identity does not exist to validate or invalidate anyone. And I certainly did NOT mean to attack anyone's identity with my post. I just wanted to give a perspective that felt "different" to me, and see what people thought. Thoughts about the ideas in my posts-- not personal attacks.
You don't have to like me. You do not have to like how I identify, or how I choose to express/define it. My identity is my very own, and even if it rubs someone the wrong way, it really shouldn't. In a thread like this, you shouldn't spit hatred at someone every time they post. It's for the sake of the other people who post here and who lurk here. If you have a problem with me, you can PM me. Saying things like what I just quoted in the thread is starting drama of it's very own, and you know it. I am only stating this publicly here and now in the thread for the record. I don't want there to be any confusion about this or where I stand. I am not out to get anyone. I posted a view people didn't like, and it got ugly extremely quickly. People responded with hostility, immediately. That is hardly civil, no matter how much you dislike someone's views.
I wouldn't have come into this thread if I wasn't interested in the support it provides, even if solely by spending time with others like me. If something I say bothers someone, they can say so without trying to effectively e-slaughter me in the process. I am open to criticism and discussing it intelligently and conceding where I have done something wrong. Like in the more recent post it was because I used the word "superior", which was evidently a horrible choice of words, because it led to people thinking I am "better" than other people. No matter what clarity I had given, it just because an exchange of insults after that. Do you not see your own angry bias?
I will not discuss this issue further. I also won't tolerate you harassing me in the thread. Nobody should tolerate that kind of nonsense in here, really, even if you all agree that I am terrible. For the sake of your peers, it is absolutely the wrong thing to do. Put me on your ignorelist if I really enrage you so much just by being present here. As I said before, yes, I may pop in here occasionally. I have done nothing to earn banishment or being banned from this place. There is no reason that this has to escalate and a lot of that is in your hands. I am not eager to continue having these little spars with you (or anyone else here, really). I don't think I can make my standing anymore clear. Peace requires your participation, not just me leaving. You can either do that by blocking me or by controlling yourself before you decide to write something disparaging. You do not have to post it.
I would have more to say but this post is already insultingly long enough. I believe I have gotten my point across.
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