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In reply to the discussion: Supposedly, elephants trekked to a house to mourn a human [View all]hlthe2b
(104,702 posts)1. I don't know the details of this story... but I wish I'd never read your post...
Because regardless of whether there is or could be any truth in it or not, the extent that you have gone to ridicule, mock and call out your fellow DUers is just cringe-worthy.
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I don't know the details of this story... but I wish I'd never read your post...
hlthe2b
Mar 2012
#1
Part of being a skeptic is being willing to point out when something is questionable,
EvolveOrConvolve
Mar 2012
#3
No... "woo" gets rebutted with facts not by being nasty and demeaning to others.
hlthe2b
Mar 2012
#17
If you don't have facts to support your case then this becomes nothing more than
hlthe2b
Mar 2012
#19
It is YOU who is apparently complaining that 'non-group members reply to posts here...
hlthe2b
Mar 2012
#22
Debunking is fine... Extreme ridiculing and mocking without substantive discussion is ....
hlthe2b
Mar 2012
#26
Sorry that you can't be straight forward enough to acknowledge your own behavior.
hlthe2b
Mar 2012
#32
You are welcome. I have started doing this, if jury comes back "leave", let the poster know
uppityperson
Mar 2012
#46
I alerted on you. I lost. I was not wrong. You're being cruel to people for no discernable reason
DisgustipatedinCA
Mar 2012
#47
I think they're honest people expressing genuine feeling about a story they read
DisgustipatedinCA
Mar 2012
#52
A very genuine, honest manifestation of engaging keyboards before engaging brains
Silent3
Mar 2012
#53
I know what I define as cruel, and I saw it with MM and another poster
DisgustipatedinCA
Mar 2012
#54
defending reason and sanity is a far cry from riduculing someone for what they believe
DisgustipatedinCA
Mar 2012
#57
and what you don't seem to get, is that I'm using MM's own terminology: ridicule
DisgustipatedinCA
Mar 2012
#61
Why would I let this go when you've invited me several times to peruse your FR posts?
DisgustipatedinCA
Mar 2012
#60
No. I don't care if your post stays visible. I don't alert on attacks against myself.
MineralMan
Mar 2012
#62