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Originally Posted by redwitch
I think part of the problem right now is no political forum -- a lot of the stuff that used to go there is now here and, with it, comes the attitudes, the fights. Some things have always been around -- the gut reaction by some to take offense when a newbie posts something negative (always thought to be a troll, rarely taken as saying something true -- wrong attitude IMO but it is what it is).
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I think you hit the nail on the head. I remember some of the screen names from people we all knew hung out in the political forum, and they are back in the general discussion trying to pick fights, or twisting comments around trying to make things political.
It helps when people get insulting in their posts, to report the offensive posts to the moderator. Just takes a click on the triangle in the upper right hand corner of a post to do so. When advised of infractions, the moderators will generally take action. I have one person who delights in playing the bullying game, and since I've started reporting her posts, it has pretty much stopped.