To paraphrase Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am being harassed whenever I am contradicted." Your assumption that I have never been harassed is patently false and adds no value to this conversation.
On Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 6:30 PM Jason Scott, <[email protected]> wrote: > Spoken like someone who has never really been harassed. > > On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 1:34 PM Paul Quirk <[email protected]> wrote: > >> At some point, those who are being harassed need to recognize the fact >> that they have the power to ignore their harassers and recognize that >> engaging with certain personalities that conflict with your own as a >> complete waste of your time. Just go on doing what you're doing; life's >> too short to not have fun, and I for one think that we should all >> consider that perhaps those who are harassing others have their own >> personal issues to deal with. If you think of your harasser as a 5 year >> old brat who never grew up beyond the playground taunts, it becomes much >> easier to dismiss them as such. Seriously though, mental illness is a >> big issue in today's high paced, highly competitive, stressed out and >> drugged up world, and often finding compassion for those you feel are >> harassing you can lead to a long term sense of well-being. That's >> another two cents from me, I'm almost up to a nickel now. :) >> >> On 2019-12-14 10:52 a.m., lostnbronx wrote: >> > When you think about it, it's surprising we haven't had this problem >> > before. Unless we did, and it just wasn't brought to light. >> > >> > Can we assume the harassment source was from within the community, and >> > not just from random trolls on the Internet? I think removing email >> > addresses of hosts is a great first step, at any rate. >> > >> > A CoC would give the admins the power to act without having to seek >> > community consensus on every incident. It would also provide clear >> > guidelines for community members and admins alike regarding how to >> > behave, and what will happen if you don't. >> > >> > It makes me sad that we need this, but I guess we were overdue. >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Hpr mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hpr mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org >> >
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