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why do so many discussions turn contentious?

just venting....why do so many discussion posts need to turn  contenious and nasty?  do you guys find that constructive and/or enjoyable?  I have no clue who or how this forum is moderated, but I sure would love to see a stop to that...it makes me feel like this hobby is dominated by total jerks.

Can't we play nice, share OPINIONS and OBSERVATIONS, realizing that  they often are subjective and biased.  
"if you dont have anything nice to say, say nothing"?  If you wish to disagree, do it in a constructive and mature fashion, no need for "argument ad hominem"...

with all the chaff, one must waste so much time finding the wheat, figuratively speaking.  

I doubt my writing this will change anything, but, like most social media, people writing to others without facing them does not bring out the best, sadly......



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pedroeb
493 posts
 
In today's society, everyone has the right to be heard as an equal, even when it is illogical, irrational, self indulgent, and abusive.

Perhaps the problem can be summed up as a massive lack of maturity with a strong dose of poor mental health thrown in for good measure.

Aretha Franklin summed it up with All I'm asking for is a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Sadly there are many who consider the past to be C-R-A-P.
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three_easy_payments
2,097 posts
 
+1 @jw94ts   depressing
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georgehifi
10,312 posts
 


It's one thing to stick up to get the honest truth against some of the "snake oil" products here and to warn against them, but to start just slinging s**t at each other for no reason🤦‍♂️ .
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femoore12
683 posts
 
Social media has turned most people of the world into the crazy prophet standing on his soap box at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park. It has provided everyone the ability to shout at strangers without repercussions. That lack of repercussions has eroded the behaviors we were taught in kindergarten. 

My other theory is the entire world is a simulation and the last software update damaged the hostility settings. It's now set to 11 and the programmers cannot get it corrected with a complete reboot. 

Cheers!
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tomic601
12,911 posts
 
The programers should have thought about 11, the need for it, or lack of.

Seriously, the Aretha quote had me rolling. She was a singer on the bus tours for civil rights long before that great hit.  Ya gotta know your Reddit hate spouting audiophile for what they really are…..

I get a LOT of PM’s about “ standing up the the bully “. We shall overcome.
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