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Originally Posted by SerenityLives
Thanks Aron, this is exactly how I feel when I’m on the main forum.
For jigsaw, if you have “nothing good to say, dont say it at all”, from Thumper, the cute little rabbit from Bambi.
One last thing, if this forum isnt built for ex church kids, shouldnt we be making it more friendly instead of keep following in our old ways to push the young out. After all, I’m sure the younger ex Lcers make up half the ex LC population. I get that this forum was created a while ago by old timers but it should evolve with the times, or it wont stay alive once you guys are all gone to heaven (excuse my insinuations here). I care about all points of view but there should be a line drawn into what is actually said and what is thought. And tbh, having some sister or younger generation moderators wouldnt be a bad thing. I think Ex church kid was trying to miderate because there was no moderation in what could be said against her. we’re trying to break away from the MOTA cycle right?
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I've not been a part of this thread much, but I looked it over to try and see the basic flow of things. From my perspective, I don't see the "abuse" that some on here are claiming that other posters are allegedly guilty of. I've also looked at other threads where this was claimed, and I'm sorry, I just don't see it in at least in 90% of the instances. I'm open to some self-examination here, but how it seems to me is that offence gets taken which is in the much-ado-about-nothing realm. But then the reaction to this perceived offence is way over the top as in, "You're attacking me & way out of line!" To me it's a Straw Man Fallacy*, and this type of thing is often what makes effective discussions come to a screeching halt or go sideways. I don't know what it stems from - oversensitivity perhaps? (
Ohio might call this "cancell culture" I guess)
I do want to understand it better and we are all perhaps (including myself) looking through eyes that have logs in them, accusing others as being the ones having logs in their eyes. (see Matthew 7:5)
And thanks,
SerenityLives, for demonstrating a little thicker skin, which I think is prudent, as we all need to operate on here without getting ourselves overly offended.
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Straw Man Fallacy:
occurs when someone takes another person's argument or point, distorts it or exaggerates it in some kind of extreme way, and then attacks the extreme distortion, as if that is really the claim the first person is making. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man."
BTW - maybe we should start a thread (Alt Section?) where we could dissect the perceived "offending statements" more closely and get a better understanding of where each one is coming from. . .