Reply #160: i really liked Skinner's suggestion,

[nashville_brook]

which was to identify policies/politics rather than people (so, pro-banker policies vs rahrah/etc). I think that's what we really mean, acutually, when we're speaking on a message board. There's no "people' in the room with us...we're in here with our ideas.

It's a big change in communication style, and it won't happen overnight...but you're way cool to point that out nicely.