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| quote: | Originally posted by cronodevir
Nah, These problems don't happen anywhere else, so I suspect its just part of the environment. Perhaps because there is a lack of moderators to break up retarded netisputes. Or maby everyone is just on a road to try and best the other man, who knows? I mean its in most peoples nature to try to disprove another guy they don't agree with, and seeing as every time I post my opinion, this urge occurs in someone. |
A quick and very plausible rationalization.
Are you in a place where ego is largely king? Yes.
Do your posts, in particular, tend to attract attention which disputes your theses? Yes.
Is TA a place where a thicker than normal skin is required? Probably. This isn't the place for vulnerable, over-sensitive egos who take things too personally or literally.
Is this a result of everyone else's problem and not of yours? I don't think there's a case to be made for validation of a conclusion which may otherwise support persecutory delusions.
For starters, if that were the case, people wouldn't be able to get along here, much, at all, let alone enough to be able to generate any sort of sustained discussion. You may be looked up to when you go elsewhere but the fact of the matter is that there are a lot of people here, who while they don't believe they're the smartest person in the room, know who they are and know they are smart. And, honestly, most of the people here, in this forum, seem to fall into that category.
The moderators of the forum aren't to blame for your predicament, either. My observation is that they want a place where healthy debate is fostered, and that in so doing, they've adopted a laid back style. Most of the disagreements that I've either witnessed or been party to have been resolved when the individuals either agreed to disagree or simply decided that the points in contention were too trivial to be sore about.
What's more, in that regard, is that when friction arises, it's not altogether unhealthy and can actually function to stimulate the discussion further.
It's not that anyone here is better than you but, you ought to consider, you're no better than any of them, either. The only person whose feelings are going to be hurt is you when your estimation of yourself continues to support the belief that you're any better than anyone else. The fact of the matter is that it just isn't true enough for people to put up with someone who acts that way without making small cases which easily prove otherwise; hence, your obstinacy in reaction to the way you're being treated.
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