[Wylie's Mom]

Can anyone tell me if the OP is still participating in this thread? If not, it may be best to close it; if there is still good discussion to be had, then we'll leave it open.

We need to stop stuff like "please stop lecturing me about lecturing you about lecturing them about lecturing". Okay? We're chasing our tails on that one.

Look, the reality is: if someone DOES want to 'lecture' someone, that's their prerogative, as long as they are within the rules -AND- as long as they know (and ACCEPT) that others may have a problem with their 'lecturing'.....and those who have a problem with the 'lecturing' can express that fact -again- as long as it's within YT rules.

It really doesn't matter if it's an opinion, lecture, suggestion, 2 cents, 'thoughts', advice -- whatever label you choose. It's just a label and really neither here nor there bc one person's 'lecture' is another person's 'kind advice'.

Using this thread as a brief example - I'm hearing there is a lot of 'let's beat a dead horse already' mentality. But I'm hearing it on both sides. I'm hearing that some people think Taylor is beating a dead horse with her 'lecturing'. I'm hearing others are thinking members are beating a dead horse by addressing Taylor's lecturing.

Okay, WE GOT IT - I'm sure, on both sides.

So, I guess the message is -- tell the OP what you think, but don't keep on it and on it and on it. On the flip side, tell Taylor what you think - but don't keep on her and on her. Taylor is very passionate, and every one of us can appreciate that...we try to give her lots of room to express that passion. She herself has admitted she struggles with alienating OPs / breeder threads - and I hope she's still working on this.

It goes both ways though -- if Taylor is allowed to post her thoughts to the OP, disagreeing w/ their methods --- then so are others welcome to post, disagreeing with Taylor's methods.

Can we cool off a bit now? Take a collective breath? Down a virtual tequila shot together? I dunno...sumpthin'...?