Posted by gardenergirl on August 28, 2005, at 22:31:58
In reply to Re: does it really? » Gabbix2, posted by alexandra_k on August 28, 2005, at 20:29:36
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> Nicer to feel that one has a certain degree of control (though not complete control) over how much one allows oneself to be affected by others.
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> It is too easy to rail at others for 'making us feel'.
> Too easy to rail at others for not protecting us from our own emotional responses.Hi alexandra,
I appreciate that you are thinking deeply about this issue and trying to understand and perhaps explain.Still...
I feel the need to say that I absolutely own my reactions to posts which upset me. Posts do not "make me" feel anything.
But me owning my reactions and feelings to posts does not absolve posters of any consequence for posting something which may be inappropriate or not within the site's guidelines. The content is there regardless of my reaction or non-reaction to it.
Examining what lies behind my own reactions to posts is an exercise which benefits only me and does not change the nature of a post.
And frankly, I don't think that anyone here can "get someone blocked". If a person who is blocked had followed site guidelines, they couldn't be blocked, could they? Aren't posters responsible for the consequences of what they post?
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