I finished high school missing 3 teeth.
I promise you, absolutely nothing said on this thread rises to the level of bullying.
Feeling bullied and actual bullying can be a world apart. How drab of a world would it be if we placated everyone’s feelings, no matter how far removed from reality they may be? I see mostly 10 pages of adults discussing the video. If you feel someone’s attacked you personally, report that post. I dont see it.
I don't feel personally attacked, and the only kind of post I would ever report would be something crazy like criminal threats, hate speech, or something probably any of us would report. And what I wrote wasn't directed at you, Bruce. As you wrote, you provided an off ramp. And yes, bullying where you physically try to destroy someone in person is way different than bullying online, but it doesn't negate that bullying exists online. As you wrote earlier, if we disagree, let's discuss. I think that's fun, because I can always learn something. I love learning new things and having my mind changed. And it's not like the comments I'm writing against were even directed at me. The reason I feel strongly about this is because the disparaging comments were aimed at
anyone who disagrees. The tactic of online bullying has the aim of silencing dissent. Here I don't understand at all, because the topic of this thread is fun, and doesn't matter at all. But I don't want to see this kind of thing spread in this forum. It' really rare to see this kind of thing here, where, instead of just talking about what we think about something having to do with guitar or music, or whatever, a whole group starts denigrating anyone who could potentially disagree.
What pisses me off is people who try to shut down conversation. Here, there's not much to say; it's just "good tone" or "bad tone", or "cool performance" or "not cool performance." Who cares? I'm not looking at fighting over Def Leppard, for god's sake, but I really love being on this forum, and if the whole forum were full of statements like, "Anyone who doesn't share my point of view is a bitter loser who's never done anything in their life," then that would kill it for me. That a lot of the way people describe Twitter. I don't go on any social media for that reason, because I love thoughtful conversation, especially where there's disagreement, but that only works when there's discussion, not blanket attacks on entire groups of people. In the case of this thread, I don't even understand the parallels between what people are arguing and the correlations they draw. Which tells me they're just angry that anyone disagrees. Again, there's not much to debate about the topic of this forum, and no, haha, I'm not asking for a bunch of people to placate my feelings or anything else about me. I grew up dirt poor and paid my own dues, which I still pay, believe me, and I have no illusions about what's "owed" to anyone, or what how much anyone gives a damn about anyone else online, or in the real world. Compassion, empathy, civility, and respect are all acts of volition. But I love the tone of this forum in general, if every thread were like this one, I wouldn't be a part of it. I'm just doing what I can to keep this a place for civility and cool discussion, which is what attracts me to this forum in the first place, and why I don't even try to participate elsewhere. I've already learned a ton from the time I've joined.