Within the past hour and so, Sandy Sandboxes has gone “Benedict Arnold”! What happened?

Ran Run off.
Don't start, Stu Started

Where’s that angry goat when I need it. Italian  goat! ATTACK STU, stat! 

 

  (Your first sentence is a question, therefore, its ending punctuation should be a question mark.)

An ITALIAN goat!

Still can’t speak Italian to that goat. 

Ah, but can you speak Italian period?

I can google translate, same thing. Non iniziare, Stu. 

I'ho giá fatto! Vai a mangiare la pizza.

Rude is coming on here and making a big deal about not wanting to read so many comments about Trump.  If someone don't like a question or the comments, no one is forcing them to read them, so I suggested that she just scroll past them.  If you considered my comment rude, that is your interpretation.  I prefer to consider them as being direct.  Tomato - tomahto.

I already told you my opinion in my reply to you. Yes it is MY opinion. 

To which I agreed you were entitled as I am entitled to mine.

Potahto.

I read that post, she didn’t say anything specifically about being sick of hearing about Trump on this site and she said it in a friendly and joking way that was not attaching the OP. She stated that she was sick of still hearing and reading about Trump, a lot of people are. Fine for you and others that really enjoy discussing Trump and for whatever you get out of that, but it’s also fine for people to state their opinion about being over seeing the moaning, whining and obsession with him. In my opinion there was no reason for you to snap at her the way you did. 

In one breath you say, "she didn’t say anything specifically about being sick of hearing about Trump on this site" and in the very next sentence you said, "She stated that she was sick of still hearing and reading about Trump."  That's pretty specific if you ask me.  

I believe she was saying it in general, I didn’t read it as she was only sick of seeing it in this site because she was here for what, one day?  It didn’t come across has her griping about this site or it’s users’s posts to me. 

Clearly, we interpreted her comments differently.  I will admit that reading comments in writing as opposed to actually seeing/hearing a person make those comments can be interpreted in a way the poster may not have meant them, which is why it may be a good idea to put a smiley face at the end if you are just kidding. 

I agree, people interpret written text in different ways. I enjoy your posts and I respect the fact that you are so direct. This one instance I read it as coming across as harsh so it’s possible she may have too. I never had any interaction with that person but I did see she is Canadian. Maybe we’re just to used to everyone being extra nice up here lol:) 

Thank you.  I try not to be rude, but sometimes, my direct approach leaves the impression that I am.  Yes, Canadians are known for their friendliness.  Many years ago, I took a few trips to Montreal, Quebec, Niagara Falls and Toronto and had a wonderful time while I was there.  Even the Quebecois were tolerant when I said I didn't speak French. :)

 

  I neither saw nor was I aware of the interchange concerning a Trump-related post because I am increasingly ignoring a majority of content that includes his name. As soon as I see his name in a post, I bypass it completely, I even avoid entire threads about him so that future notifications do not hit my screen.  I think that some of the stupidest, most childish, hypocritical, ignorant, arrogant, hateful and outright lying statements and questions and jabs surround people’s Trump-related writings that it’s not even worth my time or effort to participate there, and that goes for some of the pro-Trump rhetoric just as much as it does for a lot of the anti-Trump rhetoric. Had I known about that interchange between Sandy and SpunkySenior, I doubt I would have even posted this question about Sandy’s abrupt disappearance in the first place. All I knew was that one minute Sandy was comment on one of the many other post threads in which she had participated, and the next minute she showed as a Benedict. I didn’t know why, so I posted this question.

  Both SpunkySenior and Jaimie, I love you two dearly and it pains me to see this strife between the two of you. I feel at least partially responsible for this rift because I posted the question. I take neither side in the issue of who wrote what to whom and who is right or wrong, but upon reading all of it, I wanted to delete this thread entirely by deleting the question. That might not be fair to either of you because effectively, what it does is censors your words. However, if I had not provided the catalyst question, it’s possible that any words you two care to have would have taken place on another thread or in Private Messages, not here on a thread that I created. In fairness to both of you and to anyone else who wants to read and/or join your conversation of what happened, I will not delete this thread right now. It’s possible that I may not delete it at all, I just don’t know yet. 

  I am not perfect nor do I assume that I am. I just want to do what’s right here, and I’m a bit torn as to what that actually is.

No need for you to delete this post.  Jaimie and I seem to have agreed to disagree.  Each of us read Sandy's original comments and interpreted them in different ways.  Unless Jaimie believes otherwise, I don't think there is any strife between us.  One of the difficult things to determine on a site which contains only the written word is the tone of voice, the body language, etc., that convey a more complete meaning to the message.

P.S.  No need to feel bad about your question or the following discussion.   This post was edited by SpunkySenior at October 19, 2021 8:03 PM MDT

 

  Thank you, mon amie!

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No hay de que, mi amigo.