LadyJane wrote on Nov 16
th, 2008 at 9:04am:
Give me a break with the lynching of glencar routine.
He's passionate about his politics as are MOST OF US.
And believe me he and I have gone at it over the years with regards to "condescending remarks", but we dealt with it and moved on.
And why did we move on? Because we partied together twice in Chicago, in NYC and the guy went out of his way to stop at the Philly Airport to pick me up and get me to Atlantic City not ONCE but TWICE. He is my friend and a good guy.
When you post here you'd better have THICK skin ESPECIALLY if you are a woman. And should you dare jump into a political forum, LOOK THE FUCK OUT. You have any clue how many private notes I get from women who are scared to death to discuss their political views on RO because this place is so vicious???? There are low blows all over this thread and not just by one side.
Hell, Jizzy's been taking jabs at me for years (see "alcoholic old hag" comment a couple of years ago).
I do not condone any of this shit from ANY of you.
This thread really saddens me now and I generally avoid it.
The election is over and President Elect Obama has my support.
What else is there to say??? Election over. Move on!!!!!!!!!!
LJ.
LJ, when Jizzy called you names, way back Then, I went off on him... On the street, I would've got in his face, at a job, straight to HR.
I felt the same with Meg last week or whenever he went off on her... I never called Glenny one name or used foul mouthed personal insults. He went literally all Turrets on me... We all have our moments, I have, you have... This guy has a pattern of hostility, and IMO, he crosses many lines with his passive agressiveness when asked to stop and he has shown me, he has alot of problems with race and gender, that he projects on this board. The bottom line for me, I asked him, as a friend to stop calling me names after I stuck up for Meg, and he not only contnued it, he said I insulted him, demanded I apologize, and just continued to call me stupid and a bitch ect...
You want the real deal.. Here it is... Todays modern world and online communities doesn't/do not exempt us from the consequences of our words. In many ways, it may now define us. DA offices are using places like Facebook to screen potential jurors. So, in short, this smack talking Federal employee better watch his ass, b/c I have no problem... I mean no fucking problem taking this shit to the FAA or whatever agency he works for. He is accountable, PERIOD! I am, you are, we all are to some degree. If I see more of this sexist or racist or just unwarranted hostility or verbal attacks... He works for US taxpayers and his a Federal employee, he needs to realize there's a cosequence here, just like on the street and at our jobs. It's not just this one event, this is a pattern, he has had for years... He made it real personal with me, when I asked him, as a friend to stop, and he dumped me, and said we weren't friends!
One phone call, and I'll make it, and do not care if I lose friends here. I'm personally sick of his attacks. Funny, fun and occasional fights are fine. He is pathological.
I see no difference between his attacks on Meg here, and if it happened on the street or in a workplace! I stuck up for my friend, and he has shown friendship means little. And yeah, he is a coward for doing it online, thinking there's no consequences. I know him, where he lives, where he works and it is because we were friends. He pissed that away, and called me a ton of foul mouthed names, he has done this countless times here to many people.
I dare hime, to do it again! I am done... The recent geneder and racial stuff and his off hand comments about someones kids... He is well aware of his trolling and passive agressiveness.
There was nothing wrong with me asking the mods to ask him to stop, and not only did he claim I was trying to censor him, he kept doing it, repeatedly. His passive agressive way of keeping shit going. Just like when he would take a argument from here to The Couch or how he has gone from thread to thread here!
He hasn't changed since I met him, and I've lost all patience, he isn't going to stop.
Women here shouldn't be afraid to post there opinions on politics. We need thick skin, and we also need to know when to stop. I know when I cross a line, and when the limits have been pushed on me.
Being online, doesn't releive us of personal responsibilties and societys laws and codes of conduct. He's about to find out the hard way, that not only are we accountable, that this stuff is permanent, you can't really delete anything here. Words disspate in the air, a piece of papaer can burn up, but IP logs and the internet, this shit remains on servers, even after we delete it...
I'm not mad, I'm done with this shit, let's get back to being debauchorous fans, not mean spirited hateful people who just say horrible stuff.