Stop It With The Personal Attacks!

[4Q Basket Case]

This issue has been coming up more and more lately, mostly on the Non-Sports Politics and Religion (NSPR) board. In a totally unrelated incident, there's another poster serving a long sentence for a personal attack over there. This new one was on the Football board.

A long-time poster has just been suspended for a material amount of time for a personal attack on another poster. Compounding the personal attack, the characterization was sexual in nature.

There's no problem if you disagree with the other poster. Disagree all you want. Just post your opposing logic without the personal attack.

If it's your first post, you just acknowledged the board rules and get no cover. If it's your 50,000th post dating back 20+ years, you get no cover because you already know the rules.

One way or another, this garbage will stop. You choose the way.

 

[Bazza]

 

[81usaf92]

I think the general rules is don’t drunk and emotional post and be careful of beginning a post with “you”. It tends to turn personal.

 

[CrimsonJazz]

Weird it happened on the football board. Aren’t we all on the same side here?

 

[4Q Basket Case]

Weird it happened on the football board. Aren’t we all on the same side here?

When faced with a different point of view on any topic whatsoever, some people perceive a personal slight and react at a personal level.

Mix in a stressful environment and alcohol, and they no longer resist expressing amplified emotions.

 

[uaintn]

Sheesh. Thanks for the reminder. There is a reason I don’t even read most comments/message boards besides Tidefans and this is the only place I (rarely) post.

 

[Maudiemae]

When faced with a different point of view on any topic whatsoever, some people perceive a personal slight and react at a personal level.

Mix in a stressful environment and alcohol, and they no longer resist expressing amplified emotions.

That tends to be a bad combination in a lot of situations, period. If this happened last night, I'd say all of us were...a little stressed and emotional.

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

I think it's unfortunately become a part of the culture of discourse over the past 10 -15 years where we have become extremist in our daily relations and it's even modeled by our leaders. A sad reflection on our society.

 

[4Q Basket Case]

I think it's unfortunately become a part of the culture of discourse over the past 10 -15 years where we have become extremist in our daily relations and it's even modeled by our leaders. A sad reflection on our society.

Equally unfortunately, I agree with everything you said here, Slowpoke.

Here, though, that doesn't matter. I don't much care about the general public's level of discourse outside of my own personal interactions and as it relates to my duties as a moderator on TideFans.

People can comport themselves elsewhere as they wish.

On TideFans, and so long as BamaNation allows me a say in the matter, we will not be in the business of condoning personal attacks as a response to simple differences in perspective.

 

[4Q Basket Case]

That tends to be a bad combination in a lot of situations, period. If this happened last night, I'd say all of us were...a little stressed and emotional.

That is probably true. It's not a justification for personal attacks.

Similar logical processes on a far more serious level: "Judge, I'm really sorry her jaw got in the way of my fist. But somebody overserved me, and she made me mad....that makes it all good, right? Cut a brother some slack....please?!?"

 

[DzynKingRTR]

That is probably true. It's not a justification for personal attacks.

Similar logical processes on a far more serious level: "Judge, I'm really sorry her jaw got in the way of my fist. But somebody overserved me, and she made me mad....that makes it all good, right? Cut a brother some slack....please?!?"

As Ricky Bobby said, "I said with all due respect. That means I can say whatever I want !"