nitrogen wrote:There's some ignorance and anger in this thread that needs to cease. . . .
Yes it does. I'm long past being tired of turning every other thread into a rant or broad-brush diatribe against an identifiable segment of society. There seem to be a few members that think it's okay and keep pushing the envelope -- it's not!
I've given several subtle and some not-so-subtle warnings in posts over the last several months and I'm through doing it. TexasCHLforum is not here so certain members can use it as a bully-pulpit to denounce anything and everything they don't like with wholesale condemnation of certain groups of people.
This thread started with a post about signs posted on Austin schools. Discussing the signs is helpful because our members and readers may well be faced with the decision to cross these signs or not. Bashing all educators as being dumb and responsible for the signs is both a grossly unfair stereotyping and unproductive. It turned the discussion away from the enforceability of such signs, or how to go about getting them removed (as is going on right now in my hometown), and toward either bashing or defending educators.
I've reluctantly come to the conclusion that almost a year of taking a statesmanlike approach to growing problems is not working. There are people who invariably view restraint and kindness as weakness and that's truly a sad situation. Thankfully, these members are few -- and soon they will be gone. If you have to rant and attack everything and everyone you don't like or agree with, then go to tx.guns; you'll love it there.
Lest anyone complains that I'm trying to quell legitimate discussion, even outrage over some injustice, that is not my goal at all. There are times when most of us are incensed over something and expressing that in compliance with forum rules is absolutely fine. But when 2/3 or more of a member's posts are rants, often attacks on other members or certain segments of society, then that's going too far.
The timing of this post is not related to the last few posts. I was going to post it this morning, but I wanted to get the opinions of all Moderators before doing so.
Chas.