[Winona Online Democracy]
I have to correct one statement in Steve's message.
The person who was removed from the list, was not removed just for calling
someone a "twit". He was removed after three personal attacks (the third of
which is the one referrenced to in Steve's message). He was told after each
time he posted these personal attacks that they were not appropriate to the
list and was asked not to continue making them. After the third time, he
was removed.
Shortly after he was removed, he was invited back on the list if he would
simply agree not to engage in personal attacks. He didn't feel that he
would be able to agree to that so he chose to remain off the list.
As always, I would ask everyone to remain focused on issues rather than
individuals.
-Steve Kranz, Co-Chair
-Winona Online Democracy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Schild Winona Online Democracy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 12:20 PM
Subject: [Winona] Lori Baumgardt's April 5 posting
> [Winona Online Democracy]
>
> If I correctly understand Lori Baumgardt's April 5 posting and the article
> reprinted therein, the point is this: People who don't accept
homosexuality
> must be ignorant. You can tell, because they don't spell or write well.
>
> So, to apply the same logic (and I use the term "logic" very loosely
here),
> are people who accept homosexuality ignorant, too, if they don't spell or
> write well? If you wonder why I ask, check Dwayne Voegeli's April 5
posting.
> Then ask yourself if Mr. Voegeli, a schoolteacher who wrote in to agree
with
> Ms. Baumgardt, is ignorant because he doesn't correctly spell "difference"
or
> the preposition "to." I trust that Ms. Baumgardt, Mr. Voegeli, and the
authors
> of the article reprinted in Ms. Baumgardt's posting are less likely to
equate
> their own errors with ignorance than they are to do so with errors made by
> those with whom they disagree.
>
> A related point: Not long ago someone was thrown off this list for calling
> someone else a "twit." The article reprinted in Ms. Baumgardt's posting is
> nothing more than name-calling by another name. If Online Democracy's goal
is
> to encourage and nurture debate, to get people to speak to and listen to
one
> another, to try to understand rather than to try to win, then participants
on
> the list should use better judgment--and more kindness--than is shown in
the
> article in Ms. Baumgart's posting.
>
> Steve Schild
>
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