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Message: [QUOTE="swish7, post: 1004645, member: 486"] On one level, I despise these threads. Always have. On another level, for whatever reason, this one in particular peeled away the onion as to our true intentions. And by 'our', I mean the two posting camps (Pollys/Bronys and 'Neigh'sayers (ha)). You spend a few days being in this small group of people who don't hide from the board after a loss. You contribute. In some posts you vent a little, or a lot (only in the chat, which does not count, in any reasonable person's opinion). And in others, you put a lot of analysis into what you're saying. And then you read a generic criticism about the state of the board, and "are they gone?", "is it safe?", and you just assume it is about you, or any of the people criticizing anything. And you assume the person is PMing the admins, or has in the past. And the admin makes statements expressing generic agreement with that crowd. And you read today people supporting this group using salacious words like, well, "salacious", "vitriol", "trashing", "vicious", "spewed", etc, and it just all feels so stupid. Those are STRONG words. Words a Karl Rove might use when he wants to win an argument through fallacy. Nobody but one or two outliers are doing that. And, that has always been the case. But, as we are learning today, maybe intentions differ? Maybe they differ in both camps? Maybe the generic brony post was from someone who was just set off by one thing in particular, or has not recovered from a 10-year old argument? Maybe the neighsayer is not some failed, lower-being, as often painted. Who knows? But, that is the issue I have always had (going on what? 18 years now) with generic state of the board posts. The Neighsayers have gotten better and more fair about their neighsaying. I know I have tried. And this season in particular, there has been a lot to neighsay. There is no other way to look at it, but as a missed expectations kind of season. To ignore what actually happened this season is no bueno. To rest on our laurels, particularly the luck we had in getting Melo for 1 year, and paint this as some pom-pom rattling cause-celeb increases the guttiness of the punch. It also seems like there is a larger, more vocal group whom have had enough with constantly being called out. There are always going to outliers, in BOTH camps. Let's not let that ruin the experience for everyone. I know I have tried very hard to keep my business out of your cheerios. [/QUOTE]

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