I try to uniformly, regardless of agreement or disagreement with the particular viewpoints. I just think going off harshly personally serves little purpose, but I do think that it's important to "play the tape" before 'throwing the flag' on just the last responder.youthathletics wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 9:36 amNo need to follow the discussion closely. If anyone questions craddle's authenticity about those serving, well, then....they are gaslighting him when they imply he does not.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 9:07 amDid you follow closely the discussion?youthathletics wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 8:52 am Nattyboh - "all I get from your response is you obviously don't care about US military personnel today. "
Gaslighting defined!
If not, might want to read or re-read post after post after post of cradle's diatribes and personal attacks, and avoidance of a serious question, again and again and again.
Or were you giving nattyboh a high five for serving cradle a bit of his own medicine in his last retort?
Seriously, I think the personal attacks are over the top and do nothing to illuminate the topics. Jibes can be fun, but some of the angry stuff doesn't serve any productive purpose. IMO.
Not answering a question(s) from some fellow posters is not uncommon, especially when we know the MO's, which is often a flex and control of the conversation, while forcing the other to defend themselves from gaslighting claims.
And I agree. I wished you'd call them out more often. You let the best of your fanlax friends around here slide regularly.
In this case, it takes just a couple of pages of 'tape' reading to see the repeated straightforward question that cradle avoided. It was posted out again and again, bolded and then larger bold.
It's not controlling the conversation to ask that a basic point be acknowledged. Instead, cradle responded as if he thought there was an entirely different question, again and again, refusing to acknowledge other poster's basic point...and so, instead of acknowledging, he attacks the fellow poster personally, saying they obviously "don't care" about injured and killed military personnel pre 2020. When they rebut that obvious and offensive mistruth, he doubles down with:
"All I get from your response is that you don't care. That is not a big surprise to me. Maybe you should try extricating your head from your anus. The fresh air will do you a world of good. FTR, even up my anus the sun shines brightly and the fresh air flows freely."
No one is questioning cradle's "authenticity", simply that he refuses to acknowledge that military personnel since Biden took office have not been killed by Iranian proxies...a good thing, right? But cradle refuses to acknowledge this good thing, "doesn't care" that people haven't been killed...it's a retort to a very personal and rather dumb personal insult. A slap back.
I'm not going to throw the flag on the last when it's so much less offensive than the prior. I'm throwing the flag on the repeated strikes by the former.
And by that I'm not meaning I've reported it, but it's getting over the top IMO.