Forum Post: Personal Attacks
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 12, 2011, 1:01 p.m. EST by Undecided
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Just to be clear, if someone does not support Occupy Wall Street ABSOLUTELY NOTHING but their POLITICAL beliefs matter. Do not engage in ad hominem. It doesn't matter what kind of music they listen to, what their hobbies are, or what they do for a living, and attacking them based upon these things does nothing but make you look childish. For a group that is struggling to prove to the opposition that we aren't just "hippies" and we don't "just need to grow up", making sophomoric attacks and statements is the last thing we need to be doing.
You might want to send the link to this post to michael123. he seems to have a lot of pent up rage and refuses to act civil - instead, he resorts to brilliant responses like "Fuck you", "Fuck you & your mama", and "Fuck you corporate assholes" and has not contributed to any rational discussion substantially. I don't know, just sayin'. It's kind of a turn off. He seems to have really taken a shining to blasting me since I called him out for SPAMMING the boards - and somehow has it in his head that I'm against OWS, when all of my posts prove otherwise because while I'm not for this movement, I'm not against it either. I'm on the fence about it because it isn't focused yet and in the mean time, I am (for the most part) enjoying talking to everyone with similar and opposing viewpoints that are helping to shape my opinion. To the civil responders, I thank you and ask you keep it going. To michael123, I'll just keep laughing at your posts until you can bring real insight and civil discussion to the table.
it's all good.
Those who throw insults aren't being listened to, because actions speak louder than words.
Most of us are only interested in discussions about how we are going to resolve the crisis.
For those of us who are observant, compassionate, intelligent and mature, we know that there's no going back to the ordinary complacency and apathy that those who insult us wish to perpetuate.
Edit:
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING but their POLITICAL beliefs matter [in the context of this site and other media communications]
Of course they matter as people as all people do.
I find most of the fake posts from the likes of dudy and americanfreedom#randomnumber are pretty easy to turn on their heads and make a joke out of, without anything ad hominem.
Be creative! Be funny! Culture Jam!
I love Elizabeth Warren and Brooksley Born.