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Originally Posted by Deeshere
I agree with you. You should be able to say if you like or don't like something, without having someone else attack you for your views. No one's going to agree with everyone all the time because we are all different people with different points of view, likes and dislikes etc... It's not the fact that anyone on this board disagrees with anyone else on this board that's a problem. It's the fact that sometimes the disagreements become personal or a member is mocked for their point of view or for asking questions that's a problem.
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Yes, completely agree.
This is my take on what happened in this thread:
- There are many people who don’t like to see their favorite performer being criticized, understandably (I’m guilty of that with Lindsey, definitely!). Fans of each of the 3 songwriters in the Rumours-era Mac seem to especially strongly react to their favorite being criticized, while they are completely fine or oblivious when one of the other 2 songwriters (or Mick or John, for that matter) is criticized the same way or worse. When their favorite is criticized, that seems to be defined as “bashing”. When other band members are criticized, that seems to be defined as “being fair and balanced”.
- Some think that because there is not enough indiscriminate lovey-dovey-ness of a specific band member, especially the most popular one, this drives away other posters. (Judging by the number of posts and views in the threads where people fight and argue, this may be flawed assumption.)
- People get annoyed with the person(s) criticizing their favorite, and decide to take back and forth discussion on another level and personally attack whoever’s posts they don’t like, making up some sick stuff about that person (I guess to discredit them? Drive them away? Not sure why really.).
- Moderators step in and remove the most offending posts, declaring there should be no personal attacks on other board members. Criticism of the band members is allowed, since this is discussion board about them, not about the members who post on the board.
On a personal note, I am on these boards because I love Lindsey’s music. I try to provide info about projects he is involved with, and learn from others about the stuff I don’t know. I enjoy many of our discussions, especially banter and humor of many members. If I feel LB is being unfairly criticized (and yes, I feel there's plenty of that!) I try to provide counter-argument.
However, none of us are here to discuss anything about me personally, so that’s why I did and will choose to ignore posts where people are trying to get a response by making up stuff about me.