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In reply to the discussion: Is this blog post intolerant of the transgendered? [View all]enigmatic
(15,021 posts)The others? Who knows, but I have my suspicions.
The whole thing about Neoma was the thing that made me leave DU for a few years. I've been on the internet for a long time and posted on USENET when it was truly The Wild West; what they did to Neoma was about as sick as it gets.
I was cordial w/ one of them previously before they joined in attacking Neoma and mistook a post I made as one supporting what they were doing. They pm'd me and about how much fun they were having and when I asked them if they were serious about having fun, they said (and I'm paraphrasing from memory, as I don't have any of my old pm's here anymore) "Lol I got tired of playing WoW and this is my new game".
I figuratively shook my head; how can a message board bring out that much hatred and callousness in someone? That was it for me, and I just stopped posting and reading. It was just beyond creepy.