Thumper’s Mother


I’ve been a member here for years. Increasingly, the discussions are peppered with cutesy comments and criticisms that reek of attention seeking behavior. 

Please offer more respect to those around here that are innocent hobbyists. They are here to have fun talking about stereos, not be taken to task. I suspect you do it because this is your only available audience. 

These are people. Some are dealing with tragedy, heartache, loss and loneliness. They are trying to forget about troubles and mean people, not engage them. 

If you don’t like a post, or agree with a topic, or have a problem with sentence structure or punctuation, and can’t be helpful and respectful, keep your mouth shut and your hands in your pockets. Go start your own perfect discussion or seek out a narcissist forum in which to contribute. 

I’ve read enough of this garbage to have earned my say. If more people would stand up, this would evaporate. It exists in real life only where it is tolerated. None of you would walk into a group of healthy men and pop off at the mouth. Some say you would I bet, but I know better. I’ve done it and highly recommend against it. 

And don’t give me the ‘can’t stand the heat’ business. Most all of you can be helpful and respectful if you want. Pearls of wisdom don’t justify disrespect. 

Let’s love each other and enjoy our hobby. Please?

uncledemp
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I reread my post. It’s a little heavy handed and harsh, I’ll admit. 
 

But I still think more civility would help, not hurt.

@uncledemp 

This is ironic. You tell the group no to be unkind to yourself or others while you yourself are being critical of us. Criticism and differing opinions as well as praise, encouragement and humor are all part of what this forum is about. It's not always pretty, and sometimes it is very ugly, and we need to check each other, or even request that a post be removed.

I understand what you are saying here, and I disagree. I have no plans to change the way that I interact on the forum, including comments about spelling and punctuation, and of course you have a right to disagree with that. It's called free speech, and it's not for the timid.

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