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In reply to the discussion: Supposedly, elephants trekked to a house to mourn a human [View all]DavidDvorkin
(19,740 posts)10. I intended to be dismissive and scornful
Because that's what those posts deserved.
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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