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[m_cobweb]

Wow. Again, I find my disillusionment has depths yet unplumbed.

I remember how it felt to be picked on. I could go right back to that place in a moment if circumstances were right. I don't want to see a friend go through it now.

There are some cases where I can say, "Consider the source." There are others where I don't think harm is meant, but people need to get their heads out of their asses and think about their actions. And then there are people who really should know better.

I know this comes and goes, I know it's neither the first nor last time. But this time it's getting to me. I believe I'll be taking a leave of absence from the SG Board for a while. Too bad, because I was starting to enjoy it again.

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[vorona.livejournal.com]

I coined the term scapegoatse.cx while
trying to say what I think you're trying to say
here. They love the word. Yay me. But no, all
suggestions that it'd be appropriate to lay off
have been met with derision and the new "CCN,
sanitized for your protection" thing. Yeah, I
think it's unnecessary and inappropriate. I wish
it wouldn't drive you off the board, though.

It gets to me when I see how quickly people jump on a
targeted person, and how vulnerable they look when they
do that. Such behavior doesn't EVER fool me into thinking
that they do this because they're confident, themselves.
And that's what surprises me. I guess I expect more people
to be more confident than that, and not to have to stomp on
someone else to feel like somebody, or to get approval from
the crowd. It just seems so odd and unnecessary.

[m-cobweb.livejournal.com]

I generally avoid the thread in question and stick with the nice folks in Fashion and Services Offered, with forays into "happy birthday" threads and Get It Out/Compliments. Chances are it won't take me long to get back into that routine, to be honest. ;-)

Right now I am having a real gut reaction to this--partly, I'm sure, due to it surfacing after my meme about adjectives describing my past. Now that I know for a fact that a friend is being hurt by this sort of thing--grrr. The protective urge is strong.

Just hide the sharp objects from me for a while, and I'm sure I'll be fine. ::sigh::