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Originally Posted by Ozzie'sperson  Vicky, sorry to hear you're having so many problems both on and offline.  I hope things will start going better for you and the baby.
When I saw your post, I knew you were in for it. That seems to be a real problem on this board. For whatever reason, people CANNOT agree to disagree and leave it at that. It has to become overly personal, and ultimately vicious. (I'm assuming that's why at least one person is no longer on the board, having been banned, and at least one other was suspended.) 
For what it's worth, I think I know what you were attempting to say and agreed with you for the most part. I don't believe you intended any harm, as people really were getting out of hand in what they were suggesting should be done. (I, too, was chastised for suggesting early on that they might be setting up for disaster if everyone on the thread called the police.)
But posting, like e-mail, lacks the ability to give proper tone and inflection, which can make a lot of things seem much differently than they intend. |
I knew I was going to get some not nice comments but not to the extent I have done. One person told me to "get down from my high horse" and that I "didn't know what the heck I was talking about" when it was my opinion of something being morally wrong. Several times I mentioned my sympathy for Maureen but that was ignored. BUT what p*ssed me off and upset me the most was the fact that someone else agreed with me who had been supporting throughout and no one said anything to her! Then the posts were people fought were deleted, (none of which I saw), and just mine was left so when people came on the next day and started refering to the negative posts it looks like it was just mine!
People are seeing my post, reading the posts about negative posts and it just looks like it was me, that I upset Maureen and I ran Jeanie from the thread... so yeah, it's hardly surprising the backlashing I've had from it... one thing I'm not is a bully... you'd think I was though from what people are saying...
Oh, and there's a LOT of members who are two faced too... people in PMs telling me that I'm liked and they agreed with me but then saying opposite on the thread!