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In reply to the discussion: They are getting close to silencing 1StrongBlackMan [View all]tblue37
(64,860 posts)alerted on twice in a very short span is someone who is always getting bullied here, so after the second time I actually PMed that person to say that I had voted to leave both of the posts and that I was sorry that he/she (I am trying not to reveal details to indicate who the victim is) is always getting attacked and alert stalked, because it was obvious from those alerts that the person *was* being alert stalked.
The other post I mentioned was also made by someone whose posts are always getting alerted on and who also gets a lot of nasty responses to his/her posts.
Now, I have had several nice responses to my posts from the second person, but that person has also attacked one of my own quite innocuous posts, so I can see how some might have decided to go after him/her, especially since I've often seen that alert-stalked victim respond intemperately to others' posts, taking them to mean something ugly that they clearly did not mean. That person has a hair trigger on certain subjects, and if he/she misinterprets your post on one of those subjects, he/she can get quite unpleasant in his/her replies. Undoubtedly that is why he/she has "enemies" on DU who are willing to alert stalk him/her and to vote unfairly to hide posts by him/her that don't deserve a hide. It is also why some jurors who vote to hide his/her posts actually include personal attacks on the poster when offering an explanation for the hide. Frankly, it all seems very middle school to me.
I don't get personally riled up about comments on a message board. If they are directed at me, I just explain my point once more as clearly as I can, addressing the misinterpretation. Then, if the person still insists on misinterpreting what I said, I assume he/she is looking for a fight. But since I am never looking for a fight or an excuse to be outraged or offended, I just leave the field without further interaction. I am like that in real life too. I have almost no temper at all, and I don't enjoy the company of those who are always being offended without good reason, so I just avoid them. There are *plenty* of good reasons to be offended and outraged. There's no reason to waste time or energy on piddlydunk caca.