Subj : Re: Politics
To   : Blue White
From : Avon
Date : Sat May 14 2022 11:24 am

On 05 Mar 2022 at 10:58a, Blue White pondered and said...
 
 BW> I have found that people defend in that manner when the person they are
 BW> defending against came on in an attacking manner, i.e. it is two-sided.
 BW> Not always, but often so.

Yes agree, it's sometimes a case of perception of emotions too inferred by the written word that may or may not have been actually intended by the original author too. Not easy eh?

 BW> Moderating a Politics echo in another network, I would not hold out much
 BW> hope for that.  I am afraid it would turn out like past political
 BW> dicussion in FSX_GEN here... what starts as a mostly civil discussion of
 BW> something would quickly turn to name calling and f-bombing.
 BW> 
 BW> There are actually people I interact with in other echos that I would
 BW> never suspect of such behavior that will drop into the politics echos
 BW> for the specific purpose of trolling, causing trouble, and other such
 BW> behaviors that a bored person might participate in.
 BW> 
 BW> Unless you are willing to hold that one echo to a much lower standard
 BW> that the rest of the network, I still think the best alternative is to
 BW> direct people to other networks where such behavior is less frowned upon.

Thanks for your thoughts, all noted.

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