The rise of fascism on WP-excessively dominant posters

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Exactly. Even in this thread, the amount of people wondering whether Surfman is talking about them individually suggests to me that whomever is at the top of this so-called "WP Hierarchy" probably doesn't know that they're the ones being talked about. However, I personally don't see anyone here on WP as 'facist' - just folks with different opinions about different things. Unless Surfman reveals the names of these 'facists', nobody need jump to conclusions.

The real WP dictator.

Broken image!

I have no idea who the OP thinks is the ring-leader, but it's quite apparent he was including me in this.

OoooooooooooooooooooK.

If you think someone is being a bully, call them on it in a civil and constructive manner. Or report it to an admin. But starting a meta firestorm like this is just bad form, dude.

All you've accomplished is to unnerve and upset people. You're toying with this community, jerking people's chains, making them feel uneasy being here, and that smacks of bullying in and of itself. I politely ask you to knock it off. If you have conflicts with specific individuals, deal with it like an adult. If there are people here you simply don't like, ignore them. But don't toy with this community like this simply because you have issues with a handful of individuals. That is wrong on many levels.

I know it cannot possibly be me because I am never at the top of anyone's social hierarchy

You do realize you were inciting drama and conflict by making this post, right? *I* thought it was obvious, but then you claimed to avoid drama and conflict... in this thread.

Then you call people passive-aggressive and turn around and do it yourself.

Isn't posting about another user against the TOS? Especially since the user in question is now apparent?

Oh, but he's avoided naming me outright so he won't get in trouble. Yet I'm the bully.

Seriously? You a not a conflict avoider, you are a conflict starter, a stirrer if you will but an indirect one at that.

I don't think you see that your very strong opinions get in the way of you seeing that other people simply disagree because a difference of opinion, not that they have something against you. It is something very hard to notice and people shouldn't bully you because of it. It's a very well known symptom. I can at times fail at recognizing other peoples opinions too although I seem to pick up when other fail at this.

This is where we have to tread carefully because everyone that calls you out on this has at some point in their life reacted the same way, and some still do. I do it too and I have at least admitted to it more than once.

I think I see what went wrong here. People tried to give you their opinion but in such a blunt way that it came off as an insult. Basically people warmed you against telling others they may have AS because they know how most people react to it and want to save you from such awkward situations. Take it how you will but they were there to help in their very blunt way.

My apologies for inadvertently offending innocent parties, that was never my intention

All I wanted to do was to call out those who are dogmatic and maintain argumentative stances, often disagreeing on principle, and forever finding fault.

That is a form a bullying

Wow what a popular thread

And yet you specifically called me a bully. For what?

I had thought you meant something was going on in the teens and kids forum.

*finally starts brouseing thread*

*raises hand*

OOoo! ooo! Can we get a WP fascist poll thread?

Yeah, there are some strong personalities round these parts. And sometimes it is just asking for it if you try to jump into a conversation. But, this is no different that trying to handle a face-to-fce conversation. In many ways its worse. I have a feeling most of the rhetoric you may be feeling only happens because it is anonymous. Most people are not quite that aggressive in person - not that any one person here or elsewhere is aggressive towards anyone else. I've not witnessed anything that I would call outright bullying. Strong opinions maybe. Sometimes insensitivity. But not rip-you-down bullying.

Basically, there are strong minds here that speak those minds freely. It is easy enough to bail out of a conversation if it makes you uncomfortable. It is also easy to shoot someone a PM and say "Yo, that was cold, dude. Cut me some slack." I do agree that it would be wonderful if people could be more understanding and reply more thoughtfully rather than from the hip. For a group of people all VERY well aware that social ineptitude is the rule around here, there does seem to be a degree of intolerance that I sometimes cannot understand.

Not pointing fingers in anyone's direction but "can't we all just get along?