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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How to explain this. If some PPs say they find Holton boosterism childish and annoying, it's probably because this is what they actually think and feel. It doesn't even really matter why they think this. Whether PPs think Holton is trying to improve its reputation by manipulating social media. Or PPs think DCUM is an inappropriate outlet for school "spirit" aka boosterism that should be confined to the Holton listserve. Or PPs notice that not a single other school engages in the sort of boosterism you see from Holton parents, and they don't want to see DCUM turn into war between cheerleaders for different privates, to the point where we're tripping over threads about Brit Hume and Sidwell. Or PPs suspect the school wants to increase applications and lower its admissions rates. Or whatnot. It's irrelevant why PPs find all the boosterism annoying.

The fact remains, plenty of posters have written they find the boosters annoying. Telling these PPs to seek professional help is the absolute wrong way to solve this problem, because the concerns described above are perfectly reasonable and you just look like a jerk. Reassessing the boosterism is the way to solve this problem.[/quote]

Not sure how you know what plenty of people think - for all we know you may be posting multiple messages here.  The term "boosterism" itself is a bit jerk like - if you ask me.  There is another alternative to the false choice between censorship and the end of DCUM as we know it - how about you ignore threads that bother you?  [/quote]

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