Wow, it seems every other post you’re telling someone what med they should take or what psych disorder they’re displaying. Repeated over and over in your assertions that people have “issues” of whatever sort you’re diagnosing.
As far as internet dislike? If political disagreement and ego were the criteria, I’d have left long ago. While the SDMB isn’t a standard-bearer of the far-left, there are enough suffering that disorder, er idealogical slant, that I and a few others feel the need to be extra strident to keep the place in the center’s area code. Picture me and 3 or 4 others palying tug of war with about 50 opponents. We have to bulldog it. Often with amusing results. (Though, to be honest, without me those that are right-of-center would probably have a better chance at winning this little battle)
It’s much, much easier to be more vocal, opinionated and rigid when posting to a message board populated by people that have little to no real influence over your day-to-day life. It’s much harder to do so in real life where diplomacy and decorum are the main focus, and you have to sometimes temper what you say because the person you say it to may be your boss tomorrow.
The point is, we’re all human. We all have beleifs and opinions that will get us riled up to the point of personal invective. I’m guilty of it as are so many others. There are 3 posters I can think of right now though, that conjure up little more than indifference. I don’t dislike them, we’re just not compatable in any way. We have a mind-set and personality that just won’t ever mesh in any way. It happens. Often you’ll see two or more Dopers really go at it in one thread, then discuss the merits of an actor being worthy of an Oscar in another thread.
And when those Dopers really get into it? Most often, if it goes beyond an argument into a full out battle, in a day or two the parties involved will either clarify, apologize, or just concede the fact that of the thousands of issues that concern us all in our own way, it’s one that won’t be resolved and the parties let it go as something that they just accept in another. They don’t have to like it, it’s just something you tolerate/accept. Lord knows there are many here that have let me off the hook on one point knowing they’d be able to hit me on another in a different thread. :smack:
Disliking someone on a message board? Not likely, for me anyway. I understand there are millions that disagree with me in the world. I also understand there are millions in the world that disagree with those that disagree with me. All I want is to get up in the morning, go to work, pay my taxes and pretty much let everyone else find their happiness as long as it doesn’t negatively affect me nor my own.
That’s a far cry from where I was years ago. And the SDMB has actually helped out greatly in that tidal shift to my outlook and world view. (Imagine what I was like 10 years ago!) :eek:
And that change was fomented by those posters that would appear as hateful to me or vice versa (sp?). I can’t say what they may honestly think of me, but I hold no ill-will to any of them. Balance needs to be reached in every life, and this is the greatest influence in tempering my views on many topics. (Even if those pinko bastards are all disillusioned and wrong. wrong, wrong!) now say that out loud in your best Archie Bunker impersonation
I don’t think there’s a lot of genuine dislike around here. It’s (weak analogy) like an extended family. You get this many people together that can freely debate/joke/rant/needle. You’re going to get some that just rub each other the wrong way from time to time. That’s life. You can simultaneously have a thread open where almost every post seems to be attacking you, while at the same time have a thread open in MPSIMS or Cafe Society where those same Dopers are offering up opinions on what to buy your wife for Christmas or which character gave the best performance in The Usual Suspects. It’s, IMO, a very dynamic board.
Except for the Mods. Everyone hates those bastards. 