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Originally posted by CarneVaca
Johnny, I didn't accuse of condescending or aggression. I did accuse you of sarcasm and exasperation, and I stand by that. Don't tell me, in all honesty, that when you suggested I didn't think Stevie could use a soundboard you weren't being sarcastic. That would be disengenuous. Sarcasm begets sarcasm. And your view of what constitutes "aggression" obviously differs from mine.
I see that we essentially had a miscommunication. You misused a couple of words that implied you were saying something other than what you meant to say, it appears. A good moderator would step back, examine what's going on and call it what it is--a misunderstanding. You chose to keep fighting. I would to. But I'm not a moderator.
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I maintain that there was no sarcasm meant in that response.
My question to you about whether or not you thought Stevie could use a soundboard was
purely out of the exasperation I was expressing in the entire response, and not sarcasm.
Anyone who knows me in person, or beyond these message boards, knows that I don't treat people with sarcasm.
My parents didn't talk to me with sarcasm as a child, and it's not my nature to talk to others that way as an adult. I find it rude, and I try to avoid rudeness at all times.
Yes, I agree with you on the miscommunication part... but I was taught that you talk thru a miscommunication until you have a better understanding of where the other is coming from.
I do that as a person
and as a moderator. I didn't feel that I was "fighting," I felt that I was presenting the various reasons, and asking the proper questions, to explain my stance on the subject. Which is why I felt your responses seemed needlessly aggressive and condescending.
At any rate, I think it's time to move on from all of this silliness now, and I'm sure we can
both agree on that.
