Bergdahl - The Hypocrisy and Hate Must End
As I mentioned in a previous post in this thread, thoughtful, respectful debate is something we all have control over right here and attracting more participants to this forum, and the site, is not only more fun for all of us who participate here, but helps support this business as well - a win-win for everyone.One of the tools I posted in the Easy and Effective Tools To Deal With Internet Trolls thread specifically addresses this issue - when there is some good info, but it's presented with some less-than-desirable, turn-posters-off judgements. From this video , we get an idea of how to improve our posts.
In her job, the presenter has to help people with internet problems, which can mean dealing with testy people. This was an email that she received. It started off insulting, but had good info.
She decided to focus on, as she puts it, the "human" aspect of the troll. Rather than come back with Response #1, or even Response #2 (which I'm actually kinda doing here so my apologies for that, but deliberately don't do often, because as she says, it's still feeding the troll aspect of the person. Maybe they're just having a bad day? Maybe not, but really is there any need to fuel the negativity?), reply only to the good info with Response #3. Viola:
Now, if we apply that to STDS's post, here's what an improved response looks like. It still rebuts PS's claim with facts, providing great information that many others probably appreciate learning if they are passionate about politics, and we can have a dialog that encourages more people to participate here because they won't feel like they're going to be belittled and attacked for saying something.
Something the Dog Said wrote: [spoiler:1g9aip2e][s:1g9aip2e]Once again Printsmith makes up bs and tries to pass it off as his "facts". For example, he claims that[/s:1g9aip2e][/spoiler:1g9aip2e] the " law" requiring 30 day notice for Gitmo transfers was passed by Democrats to prevent Bush from moving detainees. Even though the rule was only passed last year as part of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013. Or that when signing the Act, the President, just as Reagan and Bush repeatedly did, added a statement that the Act did not apply on situations where it violated his constitutional powers as commander in chief. Or that even Boehner has admitted that the President informed congressional leaders of the transfer of the detainees as early as December in exchange for the POW.
[s:1g9aip2e][spoiler:1g9aip2e]But hey why let the facts get in the way.[/spoiler:1g9aip2e][/s:1g9aip2e]
As an added bonus, I'm going to do the same with my good friend netdude, who is very intelligent, generous, friendly, and caring, but you wouldn't know that unless you've gotten to know him in person because he gets frustrated easily when he perceives others attacking his friends.
:Love:Now, any of the above hidden comments aren't worthy of The Ring, but the little snarky asides, snide comments, and indirect labeling, on top of not being able to tell tone and it being far too easy to take things personally all adds up to driving people away from participating. These posts aren't Ring worthy, unless we wanted to go all polly-anna-ish like some sites do, and make this place dull and boring and restrictive, where people fear to say anything in passion. If we can all (and yes, even I) make more of an effort with our own posts, the returns could be awesome - anyone game? :ThumbsUp:netdude wrote: Ugly rw partisan bs in thread [s:1g9aip2e][spoiler:1g9aip2e]kinda what I would have expected form some of the characters here...[/spoiler:1g9aip2e][/s:1g9aip2e]
Former top Afghanistan commander retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal wants those critical of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl not to rush to judgment before “we know the facts.”
“We don’t leave Americans behind. That’s unequivocal,” McChrystal said during a Yahoo News interview published Wednesday. McChrystal was commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan when Bergdahl disappeared in June 2009.
He also pushed Americans not to “judge” the soldier until all the facts are settled.
“One of the great things about America is we should not judge until we know the facts,” he said.
This is how true American's SHOULD respond...
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/s ... z33smqoay6
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