why do so many discussions turn contentious?


just venting....why do so many discussion posts need to turn  contenious and nasty?  do you guys find that constructive and/or enjoyable?  I have no clue who or how this forum is moderated, but I sure would love to see a stop to that...it makes me feel like this hobby is dominated by total jerks.

Can't we play nice, share OPINIONS and OBSERVATIONS, realizing that  they often are subjective and biased.  
"if you dont have anything nice to say, say nothing"?  If you wish to disagree, do it in a constructive and mature fashion, no need for "argument ad hominem"...

with all the chaff, one must waste so much time finding the wheat, figuratively speaking.  

I doubt my writing this will change anything, but, like most social media, people writing to others without facing them does not bring out the best, sadly......



jw944ts

Showing 1 response by nosualc

My personal opinion is that the internet (and social media especially) has empowered those whose personality disorders would have previously held them shunned.

Said another way, everybody has a poisonous uncle or neighbor that everybody knows to avoid, but on the internet there’s an endless supply and no way to avoid them. Scarier yet is that all the poisonous ones seem to find each other as kindred spirits and are emboldened.

As a society we haven’t evolved fast enough to keep up with it.