Good-bye, DU.

[AirmensMom]

I'm leaving. The tolerance for personal attacks on me and others who share my opinions is getting to be too much. I thought we were equal here. Silly me.

[NightWatcher]

1. I understand your frustration

but sorry to see anyone give in to the sniping and biting attacks of others.

[Name removed]

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear AirmensMom.........

Please........don't go!

Take a break, and refresh yourself......

I would miss you so much, sweetie.....

Remember the cool Easter pic threads we did last year?

And I always love hearing about your new home under construction......

Take a break, and come back, sweetie.......

The trolls will always be here ........but we're stronger and better than they are!

:loveya:

:hug:

:cry:

[xmas74]

3. When did this happen?

I never even see you or Nora on here anymore.

[Shine]

4. Awwwww....what happened?? I'm sorry if your feelings were hurt, airmensmom

there are some pretty rude posters here on DU, ya just gotta shake it off and move on.

:hug: For what it's worth, we're not ALL bad. Just take a break and come back when you're ready.

:hi: Hang in there, gf.

[Shell Beau]

6. Whaaaat? Who would personally attack you?

Don't leave! I really enjoy talking to you!! :hug:

[Duncan Grant]

7. Attacked for what opinions?

DU has always required one to have a thick skin. Take a month off and come back -- God knows, most of us have at one point or another.

[u4ic]

8. Nooooooooo

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

:cry:

[wildhorses]

9. don't leave the lounge

please i beg you:cry:

it is just too much...

i think how much this place has changed this past year...

stay the hell out of that other place

[GenDem]

10. Please, don't go.

I will miss you, terribly. Use the ignore button, take a break if need be, but please stay. I can't imagine you not being here.
:hug: :cry:

[crim son]

11. I wish you wouldn't leave.

The bullshit in the Lounge comes in ebbs and flows & it's flowing like crazy right now. How can you take it personally? Nobody here really knows you, right? :hug:

[Guava Jelly]

12. I don't want you to go :(

Take a break if you must.
I am being selfish but I would miss you :hug:
But you need to look out for your happiness.
That is what is important

[bigwillq]

13. Please don't go.

At least not forever. Just take a little break if that's what you think you need.

Ignore and hide thread options always work too..

DOn't GO! :hi: :hug:

[Shakespeare]

14. Here, put this on:

It's a necessary accessory around here.

[LostinVA]

15. I don't know what to tell you

But, I understand.

You're one of the least offensive posters on DU, so that makes this especially sucky.

:sigh:

[ThomCat]

16. I'm sorry to see you go.

I really hope you'll come back. :hug:

Thom

[SPKrazy]

17. Oh No!

where are they at! lemme at 'em...grrrrr :mad:


don't leave :hug:

[femmocrat]

18. As usual, I don't know what happened, but....

I hope you will reconsider. You are the first DU'er who ever talked to me! See, people really do remember nice people!

:pals:

[LSK]

19. why give anyone who is attacking you the satisfaction of leaving???

DU is a big place. Ignore them and move on.

[liberal renegade]

20. don't dignify their nonsense....

stay put......

[KamaAina]

21. Could you at least let that gorgeous cat stay with us?

the aggrieved party is owned by a stunning flame point Siamese that she showed off to us once...

[flvegan]

22. Can't blame you, but

then, you're one less voice for your opinion.

It's what keeps me here, better or worse. I don't know what these opinions are, but, I'd rather see you here posting and defending them rather than just going away. And yes, that even goes for if, in fact they go directly against my opinion.

[Bullwinkle925]

23. hopefully you'll just take a break .....

I do occasionally when I tire of the cliques that are on here. Come back when you feel up to it again.

[ContraBass Black]

24. I wish you well.

Peace be with you.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

25. Don't let the door hit you on your way out.

Anybody who throws a pissy-fit when leaving is no better than any other. Don't wish to be cruel, but this thread does not reflect well on you as a person beyond a rather short fuse. Take a break and come back.

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

33. "Don't wish to be cruel"?

Right...

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[uppityperson]

50. Yet you feel you must reply.

[Midlodemocrat]

51. And your vast knowledge of the real world would allow you to comment as such, correct?

:eyes:

[Ariana Celeste]

52. pot, meet kettle

:thumbsdown:

[enigmatic]

59. You're getting piled on here

But I wanted to you to know that you're jake w/ me. I'd rather read one of your posts than 100 of some of those on this thread, even when I don't agree w/ you, like with this post you made here.

[crim son]

61. I agree with you, WIMR

and we all make asses of ourselves now and then - regularly, even - showing our weaknesses or our temper or our lack of understanding. If we can't embrace these qualities in others in this tiny subsection of our world then we are guaranteed to fail in compassion and understanding IRL. Yes?

[bigwillq]

63. Don't knock her because of her age

She has every right to say whatever she wants on this site, as we all do. I don't think her post was immature in any way.

I love AirmensMom :hug: but I don't see the need for people to have to say "goodbye" when half the time they are back posting in a week's time.

Yeah, some people said below it's to say "goodbye" to friends....I would go the PM route in that case but Airmens choose this road, which she has every right to. But she should be prepared for both the positive and negative feedback that usually comes about with posts like hers.


I wish AirmensMom the best. And I give out a little luck to WIMR...it looks like she needs it after having to deal with all the DU posts police this evening.


:hi: WIMR.

[Danger Mouse]

70. Looks like you got a lot of shit for saying that, eh?

There's two sides to every story.
This comment strikes me as somewhat cruel, but oh well.
No reason to insult you over it, either.

[Omphaloskepsis]

74. Oh, please.. It was not cruel. It was telling the truth.

If someone wants to leave they should.. Delete the Bookmark.. Send Private Messages to people that you care about. Walk the fuck away.

[Wapsie B]

27. I don't know what happened but I'm sorry you're leaving.

Like xmas74 said above, I haven't seen a lot of you or Nora for awhile.

[mentalsolstice]

28. Please just take break!

It's "hard work" fighting the good fight! Take a break, and come back refreshed!

[merh]

29. who has been attacking you

what's going on?

Take a break, but don't give up on everyone because of a few.

ignore is a wonderful feature, it really is. :pals:

[lizziegrace]

30. No matter what

we'll keep in touch.

:hug:

[Jamastiene]

31. I seem to remember only good coming from you.

There are those who will attack you sometimes. It's sad to see you go.

[RandomKoolzip]

32. Living well is the best revenge, ya know.

Forcing your enemies to watch you enjoy yourself would be a far more effective line of defense.

[jpgray]

39. Incidentally, stop sending me those videos of you enjoying yourself

[RandomKoolzip]

40. There's nothing incidental about that.

[lost-in-nj]

34. I agree with California Peggy

Please just take a break, a breather or vacation
whatever you want to call it......
I have been following your posts for a while....
Don't let the small minds of a few influence or compromise your beliefs....


(((((hugs)))))


lost

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

35. Please, stick around.

Yes, there are some who are immature and/or just plain nasty. But that's not everybody, in fact, it's really only a few. Don't give the snotty ones the satisfaction of chasing you off. We like you.

[jpgray]

37. The people who care about you here are more important than one or two assholes

So take a break, avoid their assholery, and come back. :D

[Holly_Hobby]

38. Aw no....

Do what I did....put the professional disinfo agents on ignore. I wish real life had an ignore button.

Come back...lots of people need your help.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

41. I hope you'll change your mind...

Maybe take a break, and come back after you've had a breather.

I'd really miss not seeing your posts, whether I agreed with you or not.

Still, if you choose to make it a permanent break, I wish you the best... :hug:

[stuntcat]

42. change your mind

a few of us (can't say I know who but..) are NOT here for any of this "personal attack" BullShit. I've seen it happen to people and I walk on tippy-toes to avoid it, but there are some nice warm kinda people here.

Unless your 'opinions' are anti-environment or pro animal cruelty then I consider you MY equal no matter what else you feel.

Telling what we feel is part of what this place is about right? Everyone shouldn't expect to agree but it's just stupid for them to get personal about it.

[GalleryGod]

43. Vaya Con Dios

Stay in touch with your houseguests from this past Summer.
Pffffft! on the others.
:headbang:

[Evoman]

44. Why do people announce these thing?

If you feel you have to go, then go. I would rather keep you around, personally...I think your the bees knees. But these drama games help no one.

[ScreamingMeemie]

45. Because some people care enough to let their friends know...

Yes, some people it for the attention, but this is AirmensMom. She is saying goodbye to her many friends. I wish she wouldn't leave.

[jonnyblitz]

53. some people do it for attention, unless YOU like them, of course

THEN it's "to say goodbye to her many friends". :rofl: :rofl:

you are too much. :crazy:

btw. I don't even know AirmensMom so my comments have NOTHING to do with her personally.

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[xmas74]

55. She's a sweetheart.

She's definitely not the type to flame others or be mean for no reason. And she does have quite a few friends on here.

I wish she weren't leaving-you'd like her. I think her post is more to explain, in public, that she is tired of being stalked by a fellow DU'er and constantly belittled by that person. She's reported it but it still happens. Or it's a friend of that poster.

(You know the routine. We've been here long enough-we've both seen it happen.)

[JackBeck]

57. You've said enough.

I've never conversed with you in the past. But after observing your infrequent posts over the past few months, you've given me more than I need to know.

[ScreamingMeemie]

73. Thank you.

That was really kind. I, of course, somehow deserved it. :shrug:

[Evoman]

67. Fair enough.

I just think that could be better done through PM....then you don't have to expose yourself to MORE abuse leaving, lol. (btw..I may not have had much interaction with the lady, but she seems like a class act).

[WritingIsMyReligion]

75. Exactly.

What the fuck is up with this?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

46. Please stay, AirmensMom.

Don't let a couple of idiots force you to leave. There are many of us here who enjoy your company. :hug:

[Ariana Celeste]

47. sorry to see you go

peace and low stress, AirmensMom :hug:

[Kajsa]

48. I'm so sorry to see you go.

You're a great lady and I enjoy reading your posts.

Please just take a break and come back when you're ready.

:hug:

[Robeson]

49. You have a lot of friends here, AirmensMom.....

...please make this a temporary break. We want you back...:hug:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

56. God, too many good people have left already...

And by the way I've seen some people act in recent days, I'm not at all surprised. This place isn't anything like it was when I signed up.

I'm sorry you're going, AirmensMom. :hug:

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[flvegan]

64. And you know what? More are going to go.

I don't find fault with those choosing to leave. You have to deal with shit if you want to grow something.

[enigmatic]

60. Come back when you're ready

There are people here who would miss you greatly, so please take a break and come back when you're ready :hug:

[rockymountaindem]

62. I have *no* idea what this is about

None. I'm just sad to see somebody leaving and also to see people fighting like this. Sometimes I wish I knew more about the people in the lounge, but right now I'm kind of glad to be on the margins. It beats yelling at people.

[sammythecat]

65. You might not remember my name

but I remember yours. I was away for some years and came back several months ago.

You and I had a couple answer/response sessions in which we were in agreement. I got a very positive impression of you and considered you a "friendly". There is some exclusiveness here, as everywhere, but I never got the impression you were like that. I didn't have to pass any kind of muster to have a conversation with you.

It's depressing to read your post. It's depressing to read any post where someone feels hurt and is leaving. Some are rude, and some are aloof and inconsiderate, but it's only a few out of a hundred thousand. I hope you reconsider.

[Vidar]

66. Sorry to see you go.

[Danger Mouse]

68. And yet, if you try to imply that something is amiss at DU

people scoff and insult you even more.
Sheesh.
A lot of people have been leaving, and it's a shame. I don't know what your issue is, but I do know that leaving just validates the people that you have a problem with.
But I don't know both sides of the story, so I won't comment any further.

[SeattleGirl]

69. I'm sorry it got so bad for you.

Consider a break, and then try again. :hug:

[Blue-Jay]

71. One thing I've noticed about DU "swan songs".

They always come back.

[MissHoneychurch]

72. I hope you just take a break

I do understand you though.

:loveya:

[buddhamama]

76. Locking...

I hope you reconsider your decision to leave. I am locking however, because the calling out and disrespect of the Mods/Admin is against the Rules.

Sincerely,
buddhamama-DU Mod