I already addressed all of this in the other thread: yes, “prig” is an insult. We don’t accept the “I insulted him but it was true!” defense. “Lighten up!” never causes anyone to lighten up- not when it’s coupled with insults, anyway. Maybe you should reread your own posts and think about how someone else would have understood them if they were just reading your words and didn’t know what you were thinking. You did not communicate what you say you meant to communicate. This is kind of academic anyway since there’s no non-insult way to read this:
You mean this?
Pretty obvious, isn’t it? If you were offended by that, how can you tell anybody that this:
Isn’t insulting, and calling him “priggish” and “prig” was not insulting?
You didn’t say it “may be priggish.” You sarcastically told him to get off his high horse, then called him priggish a couple of times. After I warned you, you found a way to express that point without the insults. That’s what you should have done first, and it confirms you could do it if you made the effort. Next time, do that first.
And yes, calling someone a prig or saying they are being priggish is insulting. I showed you the dictionary definition of the word to illustrate this.
Erm, yes, I do. Webster’s agrees it’s insulting, and I did think it was worthy of moderation- that’s why I moderated it. So what was the point of asking me with a bunch of caps and exclamation points?
I don’t think I have to defend my moderation more than any other mod. Even if that were true, that wouldn’t prove I’d done something wrong.