Moralizing only sounds like moralizing to those who have no morals. In some ways, I do like the forum the way it is now, in that we got rid of some people who have no morals and know no boundaries. Others flew under the radar, were guilty as the rest and remain because they are like teflon, nothing sticks to them. One of them in particular is threatened by me because he is a bully, and I won't be bullied, and it pisses him off, so he lumps me in with the girls, and says I am "tireless in trying to get people to interact on anodyne, conflict-free themes with no risky bite to them."
The "new forum" is the new forum because there is a certain faction that had decided to call it that at every opportunity and refuse to let go of the fact that they got called out. The forum hasn't changed all that much, only the people who stood up and said, "No more. No more deceit. No more prying into private lives. No more sharing of information which is hurtful and incindeary." If those few would stop beating the drums long enough to see the damage that they have caused, this forum would be a lot better place.
I am accused of moralizing because I won't stand for injustice. I won't stand for someone lumping all of the female members together and making them sound like goody-two-shoes for standing up to bullies. I won't stand for a member calling another member a "gym decorator". That gym decorator pays their membership just like the dinosaurs and has every right to say what they damn well please. I won't stand for Americans to be automatically called racists. And I won't stand for someone's "risky bite" or "poison pen" to hurt other people. Can anyone else see just how much damage and hurt has been sown by this bully?
Furthermore, jwglass, your comment was way, way out of line. Pussies don't stink. What stinks is someone who makes comments such as yours, further dividing a forum which is comprised of like-minded individuals, male and female, bi, straight, gay, and whatever who come together to share their thought and feelings. That comment was insensitive and totally uncalled for.
You are right about one thing, it is sad. It is sad that there are people in this world who find it necessary to constantly stir up controversy in order to attempt to feel superior. This person knows who he is, and he knows how I feel about him. I hope that someday some of the rest of the members wake up and see just who has been stirring the pot and how bad the brew stinks. If this is the way the "Old Forum" was run, then thank God for a "new forum." The dinosaurs are extinct.
And all because some sinveling jealous old queen was not asked to be the moderator.
