Pepe wrote:
We have lost so many people because of the bullying on this website.
Unfortunately, this is true...What is worse is that all those I am aware of who have been bullied off the site seem to share certain viewpoints which differ from those of the "vocal majority" in certain regions of the site.
Pepe wrote:
It looks like Caz72 may have left, also.
I hope not...I've never interacted with her, but she appears (at least based on this thread) to be a nice person.
I'd hate to think the mob (I don't know what the post she was referring to was, nor who was causing trouble for her, but considering what she has stated here a few names certainly spring to mind) had forced away another member merely for thinking differently to them, or expressing something in a way they disliked.
Sadly, all too many here are happy to pounce on the posts of those who don't share the majority opinions (even, on occasion, following into the "Haven" to continue the harrassment), and I can certainly imagine how difficult it must be for a person with dyslexia (or other communication difficulties) where there is much greater pressure when preparing a post, and so much greater possibilty that what they type may not end up reflecting the message\information\idea that they were intending to convey - I know that my posts sometimes take several hours to type, and even then I'm not always happy with them, deleting quite a few rather than post them, despite the time I had taken to put them together.