The cutting remarks have definitely surpassed my comfort level so I should be big enough to walk away, and I will try. I just don’t understand all the hostility. Being hostile to people for picking on other people makes no sense.
BTguy – I am confused about how you keep writing long posts against Jothar and then other long posts about shmiras halashon and respect for privacy.
And as much as many of you find Jothar’s posts annoying, the rebuttals are usually ten times longer, sharper and more personally directed. Even if I disagree with someone, I still wouldn’t want them jumped on. Why should a post like moi’s above be any more ‘okay’ than the things you are complaining about?
We all have different opinions and that’s life. None of us even has enough information to warrant our opinions valid, but yet we keep posting. And so many of us have begged everyone to go back to their corners and cut the personal digs but to no avail.If you want to post your thoughts, go right ahead, but can’t they be posted without putting others down?
And why do I care if this is just an anonymous forum of fake people making up information and opinions? Because I’m not so sure that it is. Some people here are very warm and genuine, and most of us are Yidden. And some people can walk away laughing, and some people walk away hurt.