[QUOTE=Lotus;888682]Especially when they are inflexible in their points of view, thus making things worse.[/QUOTE]

Mooby and Lotus just stay out of debating with the enemy and your worries will be gone

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=SmootSmack;888628]People who sign up to be part of a Redskins message board but don't actually participate in any Redskins discussion[/quote]

I'm guilty of that so I guess i grind your gears? While I read the post in the locker room and keep up dated on what going on with the team I just don't post very much in the off season. I probably don't post as much there as I did when I joined but its a great way to keep up with the team.
I guess I need to go over there and start a new Manning thread or Who Shhould Be Our QB thread.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=SmootSmack;888628]People who sign up to be part of a Redskins message board but don't actually participate in any Redskins discussion[/quote]

I wonder who he means?

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=mooby;888662]On an unrelated side note, people who go out of their way to incite discussion about hot button religious and political issues grind my gears.[/quote]

In a forum clearly marked '[I]Debating with the enemy[/I]'......

<rolls_eyes>

Stay in the bleachers with Lotus.

:vomit:

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=RedskinRat;889998]In a forum clearly marked '[I]Debating with the enemy[/I]'......

<rolls_eyes>

Stay in the bleachers with Lotus.

:vomit:[/quote]

There's a fine line between debating and instigating.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=mooby;890021]There's a fine line between debating and instigating.[/quote]

And how would you suggest (other than 'don't') we broach a topic worth discussing (in my opinion and other judging by the responses) if we don't 'instigate'?

Do you suffer from 'hurt feelings' much?

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=RedskinRat;890029]And how would you suggest (other than 'don't') we broach a topic worth discussing (in my opinion and other judging by the responses) if we don't 'instigate'?

Do you suffer from 'hurt feelings' much?[/quote]

You're accusing me of suffering from hurt feelings yet the tone of your posts suggests you're the one actually getting upset about this. I guess I should be asking you the same question. Actually the question I really want to ask was how were you ever a mod?

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=mooby;890031]You're accusing me of suffering from hurt feelings yet the tone of your posts suggests you're the one actually getting upset about this. I guess I should be asking you the same question. Actually the question I really want to ask was how were you ever a mod?[/quote]

Where in my post does a hint of hurt feeling occur?

'Tone'. Trick, please!

Why not go to PM and save wasting space on this forum, mooby, eh?

Oh, and I have incriminating pictures of some of the original Mods. They let me Mod until I realized it's actually no fun.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=RedskinRat;890029]And how would you suggest (other than 'don't') we broach a topic worth discussing (in my opinion and other judging by the responses) if we don't 'instigate'?

Do you suffer from 'hurt feelings' much?[/quote]

There is a difference between debating and instigating.

Debating involves respecting that perspectives other than one's own may have merit and, on that basis, having a good faith discussion.

Instigating, in this context, means insisting on poorly-considered perspectives without respecting the views of others or even, sometimes, respecting relevant facts.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=Lotus;890036]Instigating, in this context, means insisting on poorly-considered perspectives without respecting the views of others or even, sometimes, respecting relevant facts.[/quote]

How would I even know the views of others if the question hasn't yet been posed?

As for 'respecting relevant facts', you seem to have a knack for telling people in this forum how something is without deigning to substantiate your position. Argument from the position of authority, common with a lot of very poor teachers.

Please PM me if you have a personal issue with me not showing the correct level of perceived respect, don't waste this forum for personal attacks.

Thanks.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=RedskinRat;890046]How would I even know the views of others if the question hasn't yet been posed?

As for 'respecting relevant facts', you seem to have a knack for telling people in this forum how something is without deigning to substantiate your position. Argument from the position of authority, common with a lot of very poor teachers.

Please PM me if you have a personal issue with me not showing the correct level of perceived respect, don't waste this forum for personal attacks.

Thanks.[/quote]

There was no personal attack in what I wrote. You, however, launched a personal attack.

You completely missed my point.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=firstdown;889953]I'm guilty of that so I guess i grind your gears? While I read the post in the locker room and keep up dated on what going on with the team I just don't post very much in the off season. I probably don't post as much there as I did when I joined but its a great way to keep up with the team.
I guess I need to go over there and start a new Manning thread or Who Shhould Be Our QB thread.[/quote]

You're fine

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=Lotus;890048]There was no personal attack in what I wrote. You, however, launched a personal attack.

Point missed.[/quote]

Just because you couch your insults in flowery prose (as you did in another thread) doesn't mean it's not meant as a personal attack.

Try to be less of a hypocrite.

I didn't miss your point, I just have no respect for you.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=RedskinRat;890052]Just because you couch your insults in flowery prose (as you did in another thread) doesn't mean it's not meant as a personal attack.

Try to be less of a hypocrite.

[B]I didn't miss your point, I just have no respect for you.[/B][/quote]

Given that my point was about respect for others (hence my repeated use of the word "respect"), yeah, you missed my point.

BTW in that other thread I did not insult you. Someone just took it that way. If I wanted to insult you, you would know it. There would be no ambiguity.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=SmootSmack;890050]You're fine[/quote]

Well then, it's me. Listen, GTripp and I share exactly, I mean: word for word, the same viewpoint regarding any and all Redskin related subject matter. A while back people complained of seeing an echo on the message boards. I did some research and, sure enough, the complaints came every time he and I posted something within a few ,er...posts. So I decided to take a step back, minimize my involvement and make the discussion a little easier to read for the sake of The Warpath's prosperity.