Curious - are posters on this forum "unfriendly" because they are anonymous..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps if the gt defender had ignored a post she found offensive, instead of pursuing it for so many pages, the thread would not have derailed. It takes two to tango.

Actually I, the GT defender (kind of sounds like a super hero :lol didn't chime in to outwardly defend the parent of the 155 IQ child on that thread.


I posted a response to the creepy, "dull braggarts" post. I also posted a response to the "what kind of freak posts an iq" post.

On the very last page there were a few posts by me (the live and let live, etc.).

The thread had been successfully derailed WELL before I even stepped in.

[Anonymous]

14:01 here. You say "successfully derailed," but sometimes threads just take a turn, especially after 15 pages and the original question has been exhausted.

Honestly, you have beaten me up many, many times

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:14:01 here. You say "successfully derailed," but sometimes threads just take a turn, especially after 15 pages and the original question has been exhausted.

Honestly, you have beaten me up many, many times

I'm sorry. You are right. Your one post on that thread was a drop in the bucket compared to the many other negative posts to that mom.

[Anonymous]

14:01 here. You say "successfully derailed," but sometimes threads just take a turn, especially after 15 pages and the original question has been exhausted.

Honestly, you have beaten me up many, many times on this thread, so far. You have posted several-paragraph-long posts on what a bad person I am. You have called me a stalker, a vigilante, a derailer, a harrasser, and mean-spirited. You haven't been content to say these things just once, instead you've posted the same harsh criticism again and again on this thread. Some of your posts are like deja vu.

Here are my questions for you:
1. Did it ever occur to you to ignore my post on the other thread, which you found offensive, instead of arguing for 3-4 pages?
2. Do you think that by arguing for 3-4 pages on the other thread, instead of ignoring my post, you share the blame for derailing it?
3. Why, after arguing with me for 3-4 pages, are you calling me the harrasser?
4. Do you wonder whether your own need to repeatedly bash me, and get the last word in, itself derails threads? Look at this very thread, which you turned into a pillorying of me, derailing it from its initial purpose.

I like your advice to ignore posts we disagree with, and give people the benefit of the doubt. But you aren't following your own advice here.

[Anonymous]

14:01 again. To clarify, on the other thread you weren't just arguing against me and the whackjob. There was at least one other reasonable person who was arguing with me (lest we forget, that parents of gifted kids share some of the blame for how threads on gifted kids disintegrate).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:14:01 again. And because I let myself be drawn into a 3-4 page back-and-forth with you, you are now calling me a harasser and a stalker. That does not seem fair.

Assuming that you recognize a poster from another post/thread can cause you to lash out at the wrong people. How do you know that the above poster engaged in a back-and-forth with you? This is one of your problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:14:01 here.
Also, I do not "stalk" gifted threads. I have a personal interest in the subject because my kids are now both in MoCo magnets, after having done private. Also, you were arguing against several people, not just against me, on the IQ=130 thread.

Why not post on the MontCo public school forum instead of here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:14:01 again. And because I let myself be drawn into a 3-4 page back-and-forth with you, you are now calling me a harasser and a stalker. That does not seem fair.

Assuming that you recognize a poster from another post/thread can cause you to lash out at the wrong people. How do you know that the above poster engaged in a back-and-forth with you? This is one of your problems.

sigh. are you the whackjob, or the angry gifted mom? either way, slurring someone's mental state, if they disagree with you, is childish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:14:01 again. And because I let myself be drawn into a 3-4 page back-and-forth with you, you are now calling me a harasser and a stalker. That does not seem fair.

Assuming that you recognize a poster from another post/thread can cause you to lash out at the wrong people. How do you know that the above poster engaged in a back-and-forth with you? This is one of your problems.

sigh. are you the whackjob, or the angry gifted mom? either way, slurring someone's mental state, if they disagree with you, is childish.

GT defender again. Just wanted to say I haven't posted since my apology to 14:01. If I post anything more I will identify myself to avoid confusion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:14:01 here. You say "successfully derailed," but sometimes threads just take a turn, especially after 15 pages and the original question has been exhausted.

Honestly, you have beaten me up many, many times

I'm sorry. You are right. Your one post on that thread was a drop in the bucket compared to the many other negative posts to that mom.

14:01 here. Apology accepted, and thank you for apologizing.

For my part, I need to apologize for my post on the first page if this thread. I should have said "parents of gifted kids and their detractors" or something like that, to be fair to all sides. At the time I was too lazy to think of an alternative to "parents of normal kids." It was that laziness that started us off for the next 4 pages.

At this point, it looks like someone who is just out for the spite of it has joined the thread. Those new mean posts weren't mine either. Perhaps it's time to call it a day, think of what we've learned, and both of us (me too!) try to do better on the next thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:14:01 here. You say "successfully derailed," but sometimes threads just take a turn, especially after 15 pages and the original question has been exhausted.

Honestly, you have beaten me up many, many times

I'm sorry. You are right. Your one post on that thread was a drop in the bucket compared to the many other negative posts to that mom.

14:01 here. Apology accepted, and thank you for apologizing.

For my part, I need to apologize for my post on the first page if this thread. I should have said "parents of gifted kids and their detractors" or something like that, to be fair to all sides. At the time I was too lazy to think of an alternative to "parents of normal kids." It was that laziness that started us off for the next 4 pages.

At this point, it looks like someone who is just out for the spite of it has joined the thread. Those new mean posts weren't mine either.
Perhaps it's time to call it a day, think of what we've learned, and both of us (me too!) try to do better on the next thread.

Agreed. Have a good night.

-gt defender
(for the record I realize how ridiculous that name is. Can you imagine what a gt superhero would look/be like? I don't plan to carry it over to future threads.)

[Anonymous]

In that battle between the godliness in a man's soul and the beast in his nature, referred to in an earlier posting, it is clear that the beast is winning . . . bummer.

[Anonymous]

Who was cooking dinner while you all were arguing electronically a few hours ago? I'm just curious. I (and my husband) were cooking tuna steak, green beans and basmati rice. Fish sticks in addition for some of the picky kids at home. Then we made sure homework was finished, had an hour of free time, and put everyone to bed. Busy day. Thankfully, not much time for arguing today.

[Anonymous]

But apparently you can always make time for a little sanctimony right before bed...

[Anonymous]

One of us was hanging out at the Starbucks, waiting for a kid's after school activity to end. Sanctimony, yourself.