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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting.  I saw this topic had grown since I posted awhile back about the sarcastic comment about a bake sale and how it was emblematic of the hypocritical atmosphere at all souls.  I'm amazed, or maybe not amazed, to find one of the most compelling - and also troubling - voices in this debate lifted it from here to quote it and put it on the All Souls Facebook page to bolster her argument.  This person has tirelessly defended the Minister who was pushed out, and has been unfairly attacked by another parishoner who seems to have finally (and thankfully) gone silent.  But it was their toxic online volley - why didn't these people take this offline and talk over their differences in person?  Or just ignore each other the way we should with bullies?  - that was just as repulsive.  And then once this guy seemed to finally stop posting on the page (and he too was like a pit bull and awful to read), her relentless attacks toward other people contributed equally to my disillusionment with all souls - why was this acceptable? What sort of community tolerates this?  What kind of community alienates people this much that they fight it out like this?  And of course, everyone that got pulled into these arguments in most cases made it worse.
 
I'm equally repulsed by how the Minister was pushed out as I am by the lack of genuine decency at times in this person's tone toward others - her focus is all consuming to the point that one wonders how she has time for anything else.   Whenever people try to gently (or not gently) tell her this online, she pushes back.

She is to be applauded for defending the Rev. who was forced out, but someone needs to counsel her on treating people with respect, and how to persuasively argue a position without alienating potential allies and damaging the cause.  There are other women of color in the community who are defending the Rev who was wronged and fearlessly talking about race at All Souls in a way that encourages dialogue.  I doubt she will quote this comment on the facebook page, but perhaps she'll sit down and ask herself some hard questions about whether she really is committed to dialogue, and whether her tactics have genuinely helped the Reverend who was so deeply wronged.  
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I completely agree. It is relentless and if I leave the church it will be because of this kind of thing. Thanks for posting. [/quote]

But there are people like this everywhere, aren't there? And social media makes their voices louder, and more obnoxious.   You won't hear her if you stop going on line to see what she's up to.  And maybe you'll feel better about All souls and about people in general.[/quote]

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