Reply #88: ganging up

[FatDave]

I know it feels overwhelming sometimes, but please keep fighting. They attack you because they are scared. When you present them with cold hard facts and irrefutable logic (and I love your posts precisely because you do those things so well) all they can do is try to drown you out by screaming or to try to attack until you go away.

So please, don't give in to them. If they make ridiculous claims, point out the ridiculousness. There are plenty here on your side who will defend you.

I tend to think of it as walking through a swarm of mosquitoes. It's easy, almost effortless, to swat away individual mosquitoes, but there seems to be an unlimited supply of them. You can either keep swatting or just shrug and let them bite you. Either way, they're going to annoy you, but swatting them may at least make you feel a little better. Some of the wiser ones may choose not to mess with you if they see you do it enough times.

Of course I'm not nearly as prolific as you are. It may very well weigh heavier on you. If that's the case, a day away from DU would probably do you a lot of good. We'll try not to lose the fight while you're away.