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Originally Posted by jorgelito
I'm with Menoman. This entire thread is very shameful. Defnitely not in the spirit of TFP, have people forgotten the rules? Personal attacks, namecalling, trashing the OP (a newbie too) - makes the politics forum look peaceful.
I would report post but is there a button for report thread? I guess it doesn't matter seing how some of the mods were involved too.
I hope this isn't the new tfp.
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After reading this, I went back and read every word of this thread. Obviously, this is a bit of a hot-button topic now.
With only a couple of exceptions, my personal thought is that the responses in this thread have been realitively civil. I'd argue that the exceptions are more from frustration that the OP can't seem to understand the majority viewpoint than anything else, and therefore pretty justifiable.
There is no "report thread" button. However, that "report post" button calls our attention to the entire thread, especially if you ask us to look at in in the message feature that's a part of it.
If a mod says something that you think is inappropriate, you have a couple of choices. You can either PM the mod in question to discuss it, or you can drag the rest of us into the conversation with the report post button. Personally, I think that the latter option should only be used if one of us goes WAAAAAAY of the deep end, but that's just my opinion. You all have to figure out your own lines of demarcation, as always. I know I've received occassional PM's from members asking if I meant to use a particular word or phrase because it came off as harsh in their eyes.
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Originally Posted by abaya
So when does this thread qualify as a "dogpile," btw?
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When people start cyber-screaming, go beyond being brutally honest and start being brutal or when folks start making the thread more about forcing the OP to kowtow to the majority position than offering advice.