A call for benevolent peace

[Recursion]

Brothers and sisters, this shit has to stop.

Just stop. Just stop.

I have a 1-step checklist you can use:

"Is the OP or comment I'm about to post going to help, or is it going to stir shit?"

Ask yourself that.

If it's going to stir shit, write it, and get it off your chest, but don't press "Post"

Seriously, this shit is getting stupid.

[geek tragedy]

1. "Is the OP or comment I'm about to post going to help, or is it going to stir shit?"

If that were the standard, GD would have about five page views per day . . .

[Recursion]

2. I see your point

Still, it's a good question to ask.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

3. What shit?

[Recursion]

4. Really? (nt)

[UnrepentantLiberal]

11. I've hidden every thread on this subject and pro/anti Catholic/Pope

with Trash Thread, auto hide by keyword and ignore poster. I don't see any of it now. It's like a thunderstorm happening in another state.

I'm not blameless, I can shit-stir with the best of them. But that just makes me wish I hadn't. I haven't learned a thing from any of this. I was already a thoughtful person in real life to begin with. (I've never told a sexist joke or thrown in sexual innuendos in front of a female coworker.)

If a group of posters are constantly chumming and casting out bait they're going to get the desired feeding frenzy and eventually there will be blood in the water.

All I can do is apologize to the world and move on. I was not in a good place when this current shitstorm began. But now it's over as far as I'm concerned. I'm mostly a positive person in real life. I try not to be around people who are always pissed off, bummed out and looking for opportunities to start shit.

[seabeyond]

5. good luck on this. it has gotta die soon. there really is not a lot left to rake over the coals.

[BainsBane]

6. amazing how much people can make

out of nothing.

[seabeyond]

7. isnt that the truth. lol

[Recursion]

10. ^^ That

And both of you have locked horns with me before, IIRC. But, seriously, we can do better.

[Recursion]

8. It's worth a shot

*shrug*

[LittleBlue]

9. I honestly thought it would be dead by tonight.

This is what happens when we win elections so convincingly.

[defacto7]

12. Yup! I'm with ya.

It's like crazyville, man. ...uh.... person...

Simplicity. That's all it takes. Simplify and centre to point. Expansion and complexity of simple issues just for the sake of having words to say is useless disruptive digression.

And the all horses are dead already.

[ismnotwasm]

13. Okey dokey.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

14. Wanna go back to when every other thread was about sex?

[freshwest]

16. No, I wanna tear some repukes up. Nearly a million outta work so the Koches won't pay taxes.

... ... ...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. Look on the bright side...

[valerief]

15. Some people get paid to stir shit. That's how I view the shit-stirrers.

They couldn't just do it for fun. That would be stupid.

[freshwest]

19. +1

[BainsBane]

18. This was a nice effort.

I wish more would heed your advice.