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In reply to the discussion: Why we must resist the bullying of Will Pitt and others here. [View all]Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Clearly, she was bullied here constantly. Same as a number of other outspoken DUers. Pitt was hounded as well. As long as he has been on DU, there were people he rubbed the wrong way. Some just clashed with him over issues, but many were not content with simply debating. And Will was capable of giving as good as he got. I doubt he would call himself bullied. More like challenged to fight people throwing mud. And he threw back. Ugly words get thrown about on DU all the time. The disgusting thing is that there are so many keeping score, willing to try and force others to eat their words over and over -- like cows chewing their cabbage twice. It devolves into a kabuki drama acted by pantomime honey badgers who just don't give a shit what they do or say as long as it scores points with the peanut gallery.
That said, I am going to try harder not to rise to the bait and be one of those types of people. When I get passionate and I start banging the keyboard with supersonic force, I will step away and go water the roses. I don't want to ignore people's voices. I also don't want to silence them. I don't want to run them off by being uncivil, especially the people who gave our community a voice, whose contributions too often have become fodder to burn them at the stake. Luckily for me, my words do not "fork such lightning" as Dylan Thomas would say. Even so, this will not stop me speaking my mind.