It really shouldn't be surprising that my attitude changed as soon as the hostility started, should it? Of course I lost interest as soon as I realized the nature of my post was going to stir up emotion, because emotion corrupts. I don't want a corrupted viewpoint. Nobody does.
We did discuss this earlier. The fact you began with "'ll be upfront with you Era, I'm quite proficient with the English language." opened you up to internet ridicule. It's a pretty arrogant statement to begin with, so while it might not deserve the hostility you got at the start it was a reason for it.
Some of us did attempt to explain this and engage with you, but during that period you actually outright ignore most of our posts and just responded to the attacks. I get why you did, as I have said numerous times it's hard to ignore it, but you DID stifle discussion by ignoring it and escalating the hostility.
I actually batted for you across two pages here, and have agreed that a lot of the hostility was too much, but it was partially on you.
Which is why
1. I'm not responding to you until I feel like I can do so properly, because that's what I do; I throw a discussion point out there, I absorb and sort of marinate on what I hear and then I respond, if I feel I can without sounding ridiculous. That approach might be a problem for you in this 24/7 social media "immediate gratification is necessary" world that we live in but that's the way I'm doing it.
And 2. I can't get a read on why, but you have taken a strong interest in this, enough where you've quoted me on 7 different pages trying to wring out a thesis response. Just another thing I'm trying to get a read on (and failing, admittedly, because that's called humility. I have it, just in case there was any doubt /s)
I'm sorry, but I don't believed this is true. You could very easily have responded to posts in a way that proved this, but there is no evidence.
An example, if you go back to my earlier posts ITT it is clear what my points are, but you responded with posts like these:
"So we're hung up on my example being poor?" in response to this:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/is-it-weird-to-speak-too-formally.155777/post-26892729
Now, this is just an example of one of my own posts and your response to it, but other people did the same with incredibly defensive and dismissive responses from you that gave ZERO indication that you were taking your time to consider a response.
The reason I am invested here is because I was actually interested in discussing this with you, and now I'm frustrated by your dishonesty. It's a flaw of my own that I've continued to engage when it's clear you don't actually want honest debate, especially now you're trying to re-frame your performance earlier in the thread.
