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In reply to the discussion: Deaf Man Fatally Shot By Florida Deputies As Son Explains He Can’t Hear Them [View all]passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)but I don't search for trolls nor expect all posters to be trolls.
The point is an alert is supposed to be used on a post that is intentionally trying to disrupt the dialogue. My error was a simple and unintentional mistake. All anyone had to do was mention the problem (as Rex did) in reply to my post, and as soon as I saw it, I immediately checked it out and saw what happened and fixed it. I am not sitting at my computer all day, I have contractors here working on my house. I'm sorry it took an hour before I checked back and saw Rex's post.
But there are people on DU who are so alert happy, that anything will trigger them. I've seen a lot of that. If anyone posts anything that is contrary to the OP, or maybe shows that the facts in the OP may not be correct, it's immediately deemed to be a troll. This place really scares me sometimes. Whenever I see something wrong (like what I did here), I check it out for myself. I don't pass it on to the mods to do that. I don't automatically assume "TROLL".
I don't have a history of trolling here. I usually don't engage in "petty battles" like this. It's not my style. I just think people need to treat each other with a little bit of respect and understand that we are humans and humans do make mistakes. What happened to being gracious and asking for a correction first?
I am not responding to this any further. I'm not into all the drama. Life is difficult enough without it. I apologize to all for being human and goofing up here.