Your first “cite” is a post I made about your thread idea. Thread title: “If you don’t like someone’s rant fuck off!” My post, in full:
*Hmm … did I miss the memo? “Attention all SDMB users: if you don’t like someone’s pit thread, please do not comment in it.”
::checks email and ATMB::
Nope, nothing to that effect.
You’re allowed to rant in the Pit. We’re allowed to tell you your rant sucks. If you don’t want people commenting on your thread, get a journal.*
Italicized to clearly separate it from this post.
This was not a negative comment I made about you. I was implying that your rant sucked. Does that mean you suck? No.
Our second “cite” is from the same thread, a mere six posts later:
*Read the OP. Twice. I’ve seen this rant before and it holds just as much water as the other one(s).
Someone needs to bring a mop in soon.*
Again, I was commenting on the rant, not the person behind the rant. You will please note, again, that I said nothing specifically about you as a person. Didn’t insult your momma or tell you your dick was too small for mice or invite you to scoop the shit out from between your ears.
I said your rant sucked.
Your third “cite” was my imitation of a southern preacher, which many took as it was meant: amusement. It was, again, a comment about your rant. And, more in general, it was about all sucky rants.
Here’s something you might not have grasped before: a comment saying “Your rant sucks, dude” does not inherently, nor even necessarily indirectly, mean that you are invalidated somehow as a person. A comment, however, in the vein of “at least I didn’t act like a ripe bloody fucking cunt” is most likely meant as a personal attack. See the difference? Post vs. Poster. One post vs. an individual poster. It’s similar to Jodi’s GD philosophy: attack the post/argument, not the poster.
Now, however, you’re saying something different. “so when you made negative comments I took note of them.” The cautious reader will notice the lack of “about me” at the end, thus qualifying my “dude, your rant sucked” comments. Ex post facto, however (I think that’s the term).
So in short, I’m still waiting for those three negative comments I’ve made about you prior to my second post in this thread.