I debated sending this post. Since our conversation didn’t have much of a conclusion, I decided to do so. Then debating where to post this, seeing as your last post in Askme’s blog said you weren’t going to continue the discussion there, I came here.
I’m still not sure which side you were referring in the Supreme Court case since the way you made your statement could apply to either side.
The only addition I wanted to add was an overall response to your final round of messages. When I first read through the newest messages, I was confused. You felt personally attacked, but I couldn’t see why or why the conversation was going downhill. It was only when I read through the thread a third time that I caught the source.
Candygurl could’ve made a better post if she hadn’t used your daughter as an example what difficulties children will face with same-sex parents. It was certainly unwelcomed, and her post could’ve easily used a hypothetical child in the same situation.
That’s fair.
What wasn’t fair was your accusation that it was a personal attack. She didn’t insult you or your family, but brought up concerns about the rearing process. Polite disagreement isn’t mud-slinging. When you started throwing accusations at Askme, that really wasn’t fair, especially since she politely welcomed both VJ and CK, even thanking CK for his input.
As before, if you wish to end our conversation here, then all you have to do is tell me and that’ll be that.
LGBT people deserve marriage equality for numerous reasons including protections for their families, tax benefits, healthcare decision making, estate and survivorship benefits.
Neither you nor I have introduced details about our families to the conversation on that blog. Would you feel personally attacked if I scoured your online presence, entered into a discussion about how your mother looks like she is going to have a rough menopause and then suggested that you don’t love her enough?
You and IMHO and Candy can call yourselves the arbiters of “fair vs. unfair” all you want, but Ms. Faust ultimately has the responsibility to enforce the rules of her own blog and moderate the discussion as she said she would. This is particularly ironic considering how she called out Jeremy Hooper for not moderating the comments on his Good As You blog only a few months ago. Tweeting about how busy she is doing laundry is not an adequate excuse for neglecting the forum she created and said she would police. If Ms. Faust feels I have been unfair to her she is welcome to speak up about it herself. She knows how to reach me. Until then I will interpret her silence as tacit approval of the behavior of her followers.
I didn’t invite you here, but you can feel free to continue non abusive commentary all you like. You will be correct to assume that on this site I am the arbiter of what’s abusive. This is not set up like a moderated debate forum so I am in no way obligated to respond.
Regarding placement of your comments, feel free to CC your statements to the other blog. I’ve opted out of the rest of that discussion, but your comments would add some much needed depth to your side’s position.
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Sir,
I debated sending this post. Since our conversation didn’t have much of a conclusion, I decided to do so. Then debating where to post this, seeing as your last post in Askme’s blog said you weren’t going to continue the discussion there, I came here.
I’m still not sure which side you were referring in the Supreme Court case since the way you made your statement could apply to either side.
The only addition I wanted to add was an overall response to your final round of messages. When I first read through the newest messages, I was confused. You felt personally attacked, but I couldn’t see why or why the conversation was going downhill. It was only when I read through the thread a third time that I caught the source.
Candygurl could’ve made a better post if she hadn’t used your daughter as an example what difficulties children will face with same-sex parents. It was certainly unwelcomed, and her post could’ve easily used a hypothetical child in the same situation.
That’s fair.
What wasn’t fair was your accusation that it was a personal attack. She didn’t insult you or your family, but brought up concerns about the rearing process. Polite disagreement isn’t mud-slinging. When you started throwing accusations at Askme, that really wasn’t fair, especially since she politely welcomed both VJ and CK, even thanking CK for his input.
As before, if you wish to end our conversation here, then all you have to do is tell me and that’ll be that.
LGBT people deserve marriage equality for numerous reasons including protections for their families, tax benefits, healthcare decision making, estate and survivorship benefits.
Neither you nor I have introduced details about our families to the conversation on that blog. Would you feel personally attacked if I scoured your online presence, entered into a discussion about how your mother looks like she is going to have a rough menopause and then suggested that you don’t love her enough?
You and IMHO and Candy can call yourselves the arbiters of “fair vs. unfair” all you want, but Ms. Faust ultimately has the responsibility to enforce the rules of her own blog and moderate the discussion as she said she would. This is particularly ironic considering how she called out Jeremy Hooper for not moderating the comments on his Good As You blog only a few months ago. Tweeting about how busy she is doing laundry is not an adequate excuse for neglecting the forum she created and said she would police. If Ms. Faust feels I have been unfair to her she is welcome to speak up about it herself. She knows how to reach me. Until then I will interpret her silence as tacit approval of the behavior of her followers.
I didn’t invite you here, but you can feel free to continue non abusive commentary all you like. You will be correct to assume that on this site I am the arbiter of what’s abusive. This is not set up like a moderated debate forum so I am in no way obligated to respond.
Regarding placement of your comments, feel free to CC your statements to the other blog. I’ve opted out of the rest of that discussion, but your comments would add some much needed depth to your side’s position.