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[marleyisalegend]

If you say bro one more time...I'm putting you on ignore! :tongue::wink:


Anyway...I've never used ignore on the board but have used it many times in chat!

wow i never noticed that chat button up there. do i dare cross the threshold???
duh duh



duh duh


duh duh duh duh dum dum dum dum do do dooooo
in the words of the great ron jeremy, strap me up, i'm goin in

 

[D_Theophallus Kneedgroin]

I would like to change my response...I might use the ignore response now...bro!!!

Do it...and sleep on the couch while you are at it.



:biggrin1::tongue:

 

[marleyisalegend]

Do it...and sleep on the couch while you are at it.



:biggrin1::tongue:

lover's quarrel??? awkwaaaard

 

[8060]

What's up, marley? I haven't had to ignore anyone either. I did have someone that was kind of negative my first couple of days. I choose not to give them the satisfaction of reporting them or anything. I just have always tried to be kind in my responses to everyone's post. I've gotten nothing back but good vibes from all those that I come in contact with. I wish you greener pastures. We're cool. I like your posts. I take them as being as "just the way you feel." You can't knock someone for that.

 

[open501s]

so how do you Ignore?

 

[marleyisalegend]

I like your posts. I take them as being as "just the way you feel." You can't knock someone for that.

tell that to the rest of em lol

 

[marleyisalegend]

so how do you Ignore?

good point, i shoulda posted that in the OP
click on the person's name on the left side of the screen and their profile will come up, about mid-way down the profile on the far right side is the lovely, god-sent ignore button

 

[Principessa]

I have never had anyone that I wanted to put on ignore. Everyone has always been very nice to me. But frankly I have never said anything as arrogant, insulting and offensive as you did on your little racial rant. I don't even think you realize how offensive your remarks were to EVERYONE not just the ones that bothered to respond to your insults.

Oh thank God, I thought I was the only one who noticed.

 

[marleyisalegend]

Oh thank God, I thought I was the only one who noticed.

i'm definitely not saying my hands aren't clean but to say that it was provoked would be an understatement. the OP was an attempt to open up a discussion about stereotypes and then pretty much the next few pages are people deconstructing my posts quote by quote telling me how wrong an whiny i am and how my life must be a dark room of shadows and angry nothingness. if u don't wanna discuss stereotypes, why are you posting in a stereotype forum?? worst of all was that a few people actually tried DEFENDING prejudice. i'm over all that and whoever may have developed negative opinions of me but that only part thats a tiddy bit annoying is that people are talking like that's my only thread, i'm a regular in the count to 25000, i start a thread for national poetry month, a lotta the guys that come on here with problems seeking advice i offer advice and support but people are basing their entire opinion of me on one post. i guess some people feel better if they can convince themselves they're better than someone else, and some people are a lot quicker to form negative opinions than they are to give someone a chance. the part about all this madness that makes me laugh is that there are posts about nazis, molestation, incest, rape, public groping (not couples, someone groping random people in public), discussions about the penises of 11 year old buts but it was my attempt at discussing racism, sexism, etc... that brought down the rain of fire, kinda makes me wonder what kinda person/people actually DEFEND prejudice

 

[Catchoftheday]

I'm clever so I can ignore people after I've read their stuff, so I don't need buttons and stuff :tongue:

 

[marleyisalegend]

I'm clever so I can ignore people after I've read their stuff, so I don't need buttons and stuff :tongue:

??? that one went way outta my stadium, never even had a chance to catch it

 

[yngjock20]

^^Although I doubt that you grew up in California, you look like someone I used to hang out with in High School...your opinions are that of him as well...but I don't think you are who I think you are.

 

[marleyisalegend]

^^Although I doubt that you grew up in California, you look like someone I used to hang out with in High School...your opinions are that of him as well...but I don't think you are who I think you are.

who me?? i hope i remind you of him in a positive light :biggrin1:

 

[auncut10in]

i'm definitely not saying my hands aren't clean but to say that it was provoked would be an understatement. the OP was an attempt to open up a discussion about stereotypes and then pretty much the next few pages are people deconstructing my posts quote by quote telling me how wrong an whiny i am and how my life must be a dark room of shadows and angry nothingness. if u don't wanna discuss stereotypes, why are you posting in a stereotype forum?? worst of all was that a few people actually tried DEFENDING prejudice. i'm over all that and whoever may have developed negative opinions of me but that only part thats a tiddy bit annoying is that people are talking like that's my only thread, i'm a regular in the count to 25000, i start a thread for national poetry month, a lotta the guys that come on here with problems seeking advice i offer advice and support but people are basing their entire opinion of me on one post. i guess some people feel better if they can convince themselves they're better than someone else, and some people are a lot quicker to form negative opinions than they are to give someone a chance. the part about all this madness that makes me laugh is that there are posts about nazis, molestation, incest, rape, public groping (not couples, someone groping random people in public), discussions about the penises of 11 year old buts but it was my attempt at discussing racism, sexism, etc... that brought down the rain of fire, kinda makes me wonder what kinda person/people actually DEFEND prejudice

If you said the racist things you said just to piss everyone off, then that is the definition of a troll. If you said the racist things because that is what you really believe, then I don't really want to get to know you. No one should be give a free pass to be a racist no matter who they are or what color their skin is. And being provoked is not a reason to justify your racist behavior. To say hey I am not just a racist, I do start threads that are not racist so I am a good guy is ridiculous. Racists are never good guys even if they read poetry. Justifying racist remarks by saying others are racist too is not an excuse for me either. You did not state the racist remarks as examples of racism, you stated them as your feelings. It wasn't the subject of your thread that was a problem, in fact I was quite interested in your views. But the races comments were just too much for me. I have no tolerance for racist bigots no matter where they come from or how much poetry they read.

I would have never responded to your comments except you started this thread about ignoring people and ask the question what would make you ignore someone. I have no intention of ignoring you. I want to hear what you have to say about your behavior. I want to believe better things about you than you have shown us. But I can certainly understand why the ignore function is built into this site.

 

[Irish]

I don't receive much in the way of insults or criticism unless I call fat people fat, apparently.

Never ignored any of the people who have been rude or insulting towards me, though. There are a few posters, however, that are just so inconceivably horrible (whether it be the content of their posts or the manner in which they type them) that I can't tolerate seeing them and my hand is forced inexorably
to the Ignore button.

Ironically, Marley, you've been so very very close to being ignored by me on several occasions.

 

[Principessa]

i'm definitely not saying my hands aren't clean but to say that it was provoked would be an understatement. the OP was an attempt to open up a discussion about stereotypes and then pretty much the next few pages are people deconstructing my posts quote by quote telling me how wrong an whiny i am and how my life must be a dark room of shadows and angry nothingness. if u don't wanna discuss stereotypes, why are you posting in a stereotype forum??

worst of all was that a few people actually tried DEFENDING prejudice.

Unfortunately there are many racists on this board and because this is the internet they are free to spew their vile, backwards opinions. :12:

i'm over all that and whoever may have developed negative opinions of me but that only part thats a tiddy bit annoying is that people are talking like that's my only thread, i'm a regular in the count to 25000, i start a thread for national poetry month, a lotta the guys that come on here with problems seeking advice i offer advice and support but people are basing their entire opinion of me on one post. i guess some people feel better if they can convince themselves they're better than someone else, and some people are a lot quicker to form negative opinions than they are to give someone a chance.

the part about all this madness that makes me laugh is that there are posts about nazis, molestation, incest, rape, public groping (not couples, someone groping random people in public), discussions about the penises of 11 year olds but it was my attempt at discussing racism, sexism, etc... that brought down the rain of fire, kinda makes me wonder what kinda person/people actually DEFEND prejudice

To say I find the discussion of the body parts of children and sex with them to be distasteful would be putting it mildly.

IMHO, it's your presentation of the topic that cause you to be attacked. You need to work on phrasing your posts in a manner which makes them seem like you are opening a discussion. Sometimes it seems like you are saying, "this is what I think and I dare anybody to disagree with me."

 

[Phil Ayesho]

Mayhaps when either marley or NJ can comment on prejudice and stereotype WITHOUT exposing their own prejudices and stereotyping....

THEN their comments will be seen as something other than just more Pots calling all kettles black.


It is not a defense of racism nor prejudice to point out that there are no such things as people who do NOT stereotype.

If ALL human being do it... and especially if everyone who condemns it is doing it just a much... then you are complaining about yourselves.


AND... stereotyping is NOT equivalent to racism.

Thinking Asians are more likely to be good at math and bad at driving is NOT the same as believing YOUR race is better than theirs, nor that their race is inferior.



All FASHION is, is the stereotype of what is hip.

No one MAKES Wall street brokers wear power ties and those striped blue shirts with white collars...anymore than anyone MAKES a gangsta wear his pants around his knees.


And, sorry, but black people complaining about the rasicm of others, without being able to confront their own...
Black people copping the attitude that THEIR definition of prejudice and racism is the only true definition...


Well... that is just black folks reinforcing a huge stereotype about the attitudes and prejudices of black folks.


Every word you two say on the subject just rings of hypocrisy.

 

[marleyisalegend]

To say hey I am not just a racist, I do start threads that are not racist so I am a good guy is ridiculous. Racists are never good guys even if they read poetry. Justifying racist remarks by saying others are racist too is not an excuse for me either. You did not state the racist remarks as examples of racism, you stated them as your feelings.

first of all i've never tried to justify my behavior, only explained my side of it and have apologized endlessly (unlike my protaginists who stand by their prejudices). the original post was not racist, it was about race, BIG difference. acting childishly, i responded to people who were disrespecting me with stereotypical remarks. just because it was a response doesn't make it right, but i certainly didn't create a profile to log on and bash anybody. the reason i got upset and responded the way i did was because instead of a discussion about stereotypes, it turned into a personal beradement with people directing insults toward me, quoting me endlessly and telling me all the different ways i was wrong and whiny and in general just being nasty towards me. like i said, none of this makes the way i responded justified, but again it's not like i started the thread as a means to provoke or disrespect anyone. what i wrote was taken out of context which is understandable. it was one of my first posts and i didn't use the most cleverly constructed phrasing and harvard-grad vocabulary so i can understand how my intentions were misconstrued. my regret is feeding into the negativity and saying some of the things i said because obviously they'd be contradictory to what i was trying to discuss and put down (prejudice)

 

[marleyisalegend]

looks like its a good thing the MODS included the ignore button although most people aren't finding any need for it

 

[midlifebear]

I've started using the ignore button on threads concerned with the "Hillary/Obabam/If we all don't keep our lawns mowed the same length 'Mericuh's democracy will fall" threads. They're just repetitive crap with little to commend them. But the few times I've used the ignore button on a couple of major irritating rant-and-rave yahoo posters I've recently unchecked the buttons. I don't know. Maybe they were suffering from lack of quality daily sunlight or they started taking their meds again, but now I find them entertaining. Still, I would NEVER want to encounter them in public. Life is just too damn short.