Craig Paxton wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:28 pm
I mistakenly assumed that by abandoning my anonymity, I might encounter a more civil experience on that board.
Nope. Once they became able to doxx you, you should've expected a LESS civil experience on that board.
Over the years, I had posted there anonymously under various tags. Initially as Craig Paxton, who was promptly banned, then as Johnnie Cake, Aussie Boy and probably other's that I have long since forgotten about, but they all had one thing in common, they all eventually got banned.
What's the word for doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results?
I also naïvely believed that by being so open and transparent that the MD&D board members would be more respectful, fair minded, sympathetic and less arrogant in their cherished truth claims with me as well. That was dumb of me.
With all due respect, you're right.
1. She asserted that because the quotes came from a website critical of Mormonism (though the quotes themselves weren't critical) they should be somehow suspect or discounted, . . .
Not only is that Mopologetics 101, it's right there at the top of the syllabus.
. . . and 2. for implying that because I hadn't cited the source of my copy-paste, I was therefore a plagiarist for not providing proper citation. As if posting on MD&D meet the same standards as a doctrinal dissertation.
That might be something you learn on Day 2, but it's still Mopologetics 101.
Certainly, you
must have been doing this longer than that.
But you've won. You have successfully disrupted the flow of the conversation, turning what could have been a lively and engaging exchange of ideas into a tedious nitpicking session of meeting your exacting standards for proper posting.
Umm, McFly? Mopologists aren't interested in lively and engaging exchanges of ideas with disbelievers. Certainly you must've picked up on this long before now.
Instead of focusing on the substance of my OP, you've put me on the defense, attacked my character and forced me to get bogged down in trivial details, detracting from the overall enjoyment of this conversation.
Your enjoyment of the conversation is not a Mopologetic concern.
This board is not a safe place to ask questions or present subject matter unless it meets your exacting standard.
Was it ever? Be honest.
Perhaps not your intent, but your stilted, painfully irritating need to dot every i and cross every t, creates a hostile atmosphere for many of the posters here and honestly it drive us away. It's exhausting. But perhaps that is you[r] intent.
Gee, YA THINK??
You prefer homogeneity instead of a diverse platform of ideas and opinions. You seem to get more pleasure from the policing of this board than from creating an environment where a civil discussion and exchange of ideas can take place.
Craig, Craig, Craig. . . Did you actually, truly manage to convince yourself that Mopologists have
any interest whatsoever in "creating an environment where a civil discussion and exchange of ideas can take place?"
If so, I have some beautiful beachfront property in Arizona to sell you.
You've created a board where people like myself feel hesitant to express ourselves freely for fear of being scrutinized and corrected at every turn over seemingly minuscule matters that are of over whelming importance to you.
Umm, . . . that's not a bug, it's a feature.
For what its worth here is my advice for you, your annoying exactitude stifles honest and genuine expression. By driving folks like myself away, mind you I don't hide behind a wall of anonymity like everyone else here, you are diminishing the value of this community as a space for meaningful dialogue and mutual understanding.
"MD&D" and "a space for meaningful dialogue and mutual understanding" don't belong in the same sentence.
You are shrinking the idea gene pool and you know what that does to the over all health of your close-knit community.
When have they ever cared about that?
And as expected, all of the board members doubled down in their support of poor little Calm, many expressing their love and appreciation for Calm's rule keeping.
And the only thing surprising is that you're surprised.
MD&D is a suffocating environment.
That's the most true thing you've said.
So my experiment and attempt at civil dialogue at MD&D is over. My attempt, though very flawed, is done. They can enjoy their silo of ideas and their mental inbreeding by patting themselves on their backs knowing that they have once again successfully ran yet another thought provoker away. Well done MD&D.
Umm, . . . would you believe me if I told you that I could've, uh, told you EXACTLY how your experiment would end before you even started it?
