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In reply to the discussion: Why do disagreements here [View all]OnionPatch
(6,169 posts)21. I agree that it's an internet thing, not just DU.
I once had someone call me a pretty nasty name on a genealogy website, for crying out loud. To this day I'm wondering what I did to deserve such a vitriolic response to a fairly benign comment.
I think it's the anonymity factor. It's the same way people are rude and nasty and call people names when they're hidden in their cars, driving. Put the same people face to face and watch them tone it down.
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Because it's easy when you are sitting behind a soda-(or beer/wine)speckled computer screen...
ScreamingMeemie
Jan 2014
#2
It has gotten noticeably better since the "5 hides and you're in the naughty chair"
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#7
...and then pull out their handy-dandy notebook to write down everything that happened,
ScreamingMeemie
Jan 2014
#13
Have you noticed how many arguments begin with a reply that almost always begins with...
pacalo
Jan 2014
#67
Because 3rd way/NSA lovers have no winning logical/ethical/moral argument n/t
PowerToThePeople
Jan 2014
#11