Bullying a bully is not the answer to stop a bully from bullying. Nor is mobbing the best way to stop bullying. I agree with RP. I do not think that Gabby is bullying Allen. This is a moderated group. In one post a while back, Molly one of our moderators admitted that she enjoyed people having a verbal fight. Niel our other moderator has voiced his opinion that it is quite OK to get off topic. I think that is the problem. This moderated group is really not moderated at all. I think that the moderators beleive that their main or only job is to censor anyone they think is spamming this group.
When I open a discussion on Bitcoin, and I get a reply that i am not original or I have selfish motives for supporting Bitcoin, or that I do not know what I am talking about, the moderators should step in and remind that responder that their reply is "off topic" and urge the discussion back to the relevant topic. The moderation should definitely not discourage any member from discussing anything they want to discuss. When I am told by a moderator that it is not possible to have a meaningful discussion with me because I keep changing my point of view, it clearly shows arrogance and ignorance. But it is not bullying. The best way to deal with arrogance and ignorance and bullying is to ignore it. I think that if the moderators start to recognize provocation, they will not be themselves provocative and they will start to encourage exchange of opinion in this forum even if they do not agree with the opinions. On Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 2:37:24 PM UTC+1, RP Singh wrote: > > Hope, I am speaking for myself, Allan bullied me for many many years, and > I handled him by myself. Now let Allan handle Gabby by himself, I don't see > how the rules can change, when the group didn't say anything then, how can > it say anything now? As for Andrew he might say anything or he may not, it > is upto him. > But I feel that Gabby is doing nothing wrong! > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 6:47 PM, Hope Sunshine <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Are you asking for the written reference? Sure, here it is: >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/minds-eye/-5LTfst-rD0/5lblbwbs97MJ >> I really think we should not tolerate this any longer! Speak up everyone! >> There are more bullies here, I hear? Bring it up, don't be shy! Let's do >> something about it! You feel Andrew has suffered here too? Let's encourage >> Andrew to speak about his experiences for I promise we won't let the >> bullies win! >> >> >> > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
