Another example of why this site goes to shit sometimes. Why read so much into it? You can’t stand a male being a gentleman to us can you? If some of you aren’t belittling and treating us like garbage your not happy. You get a hell of a lot more by being nice and a gentleman than you do being a chauvinist! Let us feel appreciated by someone without you trolling bullies trying to shame both parties.
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Originally Posted by Lindsay Lee
I would kindly ask that you not group me in w/ what you call "trolls" and "bullies." Nothing in my post fit either definition even remotely. Nor did I attack, disrespect, or "belittle" anyone. I simply made an observation and asked a question based on that observation. I am free to do so, because 1) I don't answer to you...and 2) I'm an adult and can do whatever I please as long as I'm not attempting to harm or disrespect anyone.
I could argue that what you're doing is much closer to the true definition of "bullying". Trying to throw labels like "bully" or "troll" or "chauvinist" that carry extremely negative, or harmful, connotations on people who aren't actually harming or attacking anybody, but who simply have a different point of view or don't do things how you would like them to, is just a veiled attempt at intimidating them into silence or doing things your way. That is the textbook definition of bullying. However, I would never go so far as to throw that label at you, or anyone else for that matter, because I couldn't look at myself in the mirror everyday if my psyche was fragile enough to allow a stranger's words on the internet to have so much of an effect on me that I felt "bullied".