No I said we are still accountable for our actions.
Sometimes what we are thinking doesn’t exactly come out in type to be the same. It can be something that can be taken by some one way, and other another way. Best thing to do is just blow it off and keep on posting. Try re-reading what you type to make sure it is saying what you are trying to get across to everyone.
Best to you, Elae.
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I was diagnosed with aspergers many years ago, while I am not going to blame that anymore than I blame the devil it does make communication very difficult sometimes, 99% of the time I mean literally what I am saying, no hidden meanings or BS but things do tend to come out wrong.
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Aspergers does explain a lot. My son has it. Blunt honesty is one of his big things. I don’t think that guy has lied to anyone ever. He’s just an honest guy, and sometimes that means offending people. I know his heart, so when he is totally honest with me, I don’t get offended at all. It’s just part of the way he is, and apparently the way you are too.
It’s no excuse though and will try not to use that or religion as a shield.
True. It’s not an excuse. It’s just something you have to work at harder because of.
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The number of likes for this post is both astounding and sad.
It’s sad to me too.
I went back (look at post 140) and said, okay, I was wrong, shouldn’t have said that.
For about 20 posts it’s nothing but them tearing me apart and namecalling because I apologised.
Somebody told me to drop off the face of the earth and has like 7 likes now.
Not really sure what to think.
I think in your case Alladrin, there is a reason people don’t believe your sincerity, you seemed pretty adament in your previous position on not apologizing was all
I was also honest about the fact that I was testing the hypothesis that I was wrong.
I’ve never been afraid to put my beliefs to the test, and I think it’s sad that even when they knew I was testing, the sharks that smelled blood just couldn’t hold off the feeding frenzy, even though it would have proven they were right.
If you were wrong, it is right to apologize. It doesn’t matter what their reaction is to your sincere apology. Understand this isn’t about them, it’s about you.
EDIT: Their reaction should not change your response. At all.
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See, this is at least honest. +1.
If more people at least admitted I was right about what the reaction would be, but still wrong to take the stance, I would respect everyone on your side as much as you.
But they went on and continued to say I would earn more respect for apologising.
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I full on accepted your apology, and I must say I’ve see you change your posting habits. I don’t get the hate you are still getting, I’m assuming it’s because of the sheer amount of posts in this thread now. The OP calling you out is laughable since really they’ve continued the cycle that made them put out this apology in the first place.
You won’t please everyone, after we talked, I truly felt you were sincere, I’d encourage more people to actually read the entire thread to see that.
I wish they would, but it’s doubtful.
And fine, I was wrong to say I’d teach a kid that. I was wrong to tell people don’t apologise ever.
But what happened is exactly what I said would happen.
It’s hard to think about raising a kid as a masochist. When 99% of people are already sharks, it would bring tears to my eyes to tell my own child, “No, you be a fish. You just have to let them eat you.”
I hope that’s at least understandable.
I blame myself for a lot of this. Had I known the OP had this thread up in regards to my calling out their behavior I would have spoken up sooner. It was all one sided, an apology for nothing because they couldn’t get why people found it offensive. Darn that WoW! Imagine playing taking time away from forums.
When you found out the root cause of the post as a whole, you were not at all offensive, you understood and that’s all I can ask for. I do truly wish that people could see that, rather than just seeing your initial reply, because really without context I probably would have thought the same as you.
No it was more that I didn’t know what had offended people at the time, I get it now.
But no I am just being truthful that I honestly don’t know what the fox person was up to or what their agenda was lol
Relax boys it’s only pixels
Elae stop using them as a scapegoat. Reread what you put out there.
I am sorry but I am not sure what I am sorry for. That’s the TDLR here, nothing more. They merely replied saying what most would if you did nothing wrong you don’t say sorry. The problem is you systematically do this, you not grasping why some of the things you put out there, such as disparaging remarks about a whole race, same about women, and now blaming a spiritual entity for your lame comments, is in fact more damaging than anything.
I had hope for you til I read this today.
Yep, continuation of the same stuff we spent hours discussing yesterday. Please stop blaming the fox for your own foibles.
Yeah that was a mistake, and the context of what I meant got totally ignored and overlooked, I accept that, it wasn’t meant as an insult to any particular group of people, I was making an argument as to why I think some people stereotype others, I should have used a wow race for my example.
blaming a spiritual entity
I’m not trying to pass on the buck and avoid accountability just saying that I think that sometimes we hear bad voices in our head that misguide us is all, I think that taking the ‘devil made me do it’ is oversimplifying the issue, I actually don’t believe that we can made to do anything against our will really, I accept that I worded things poorly and need to try to learn to express myself better in a less offensive way. Obviously this has to be balanced with being truthful to what we think/believe, I am not a huge fan of censorship, but we should strive to express our views as gently and respectfully as possible.
Donald is that you?