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Does it make you uneasy to answer a nasty question indirectly targeting you personally?

Posted - May 27, 2018

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  • 6098
    A little yes but I try to separate whether I am being personally targeted or just generically targeted.  And I take whatever the criticism is seriously and think about it before I respond.  I realize not everyone with agree with me and sometimes those who do not agree will feel they have to strike out at someone because they somehow feel personally threatened.  All of which I try to take into account.  
      May 27, 2018 1:21 PM MDT
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  • I don't tend to answer "nasty" questions. I don't like to fall for the bait. Bait questions don't deserve my attention.
      May 27, 2018 1:29 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    I would think anyone who attacks me would be more than happy to do so openly - people here aren't generally backwards in coming forwards with the insults. They are often a little veiled but not very. So generally that makes it easy to respond. 

    I don't think it happens that often that people insult me indirectly - perhaps I just don't notice, but I would need to be very sure that they were trying to insult me not just something I believe in.  Like I am a feminist, I think everyone should be, not the militant kind but the kind which believes in respect and fairness for all - I don't particularly enjoy anti-feminist posts and I do often respond to those but I have never ever felt that people were directly or even indirectly insulting me when they criticise feminists.. 
      May 27, 2018 2:35 PM MDT
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  • 17593
    What Nevan said.
      May 27, 2018 2:40 PM MDT
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  • 53504

      Hey, wait a minute, isn't this a nasty question indirectly targeting me personally?  Grrrrrrr.

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      May 27, 2018 3:05 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    Your not an emotionally disturbed old lady are you? Then dont sweat it big guy. Its not you. Well, its you, but not in this instance, its always you....-shiver- ;D
      May 27, 2018 3:45 PM MDT
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  • 53504

      We want each other so badly right now that it hurts. 

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      May 27, 2018 3:48 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    And here I thought it was just the knat bites in my bikini line I got from playing in the rain today that was making me wiggle in my seat. ;+
      May 27, 2018 3:51 PM MDT
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  • 53504

      (knat gnat)




    I'll need proof, if you don't mind. (Cough, cough.)

    ~
      May 27, 2018 3:54 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    Gnat? Is the G silent? ;+
      May 27, 2018 3:57 PM MDT
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  • 53504

      Yes, Dear. 

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      May 27, 2018 5:14 PM MDT
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  • 16763
    I haven't seen one. Or asked one - I've directed the occasional lighthearted humourous one at Randy D, but never a nasty one.
      May 27, 2018 5:20 PM MDT
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  • 10997
    Yes, it does make me uncomfortable. It can seem like the purpose of those questions is to state something in a way that makes the poster seem like an innocent victim and to garner support for herself/himself. To me, it can look like the poster is a big crybaby who cannot thoughtfully reflect on why someone else's opinion has any merit.
      May 27, 2018 5:33 PM MDT
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  • 53504


      "A certain AnswerMugger recently wrote . . . "

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      May 27, 2018 5:47 PM MDT
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  • 10997
    Or ... 'How do you deal with a mugger who...
      May 27, 2018 6:20 PM MDT
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  • 34253
    I just correct them and go my happy way. Never take anything on the internet too seriously.
      May 27, 2018 5:34 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    yes and thats why i dont answer them
      May 28, 2018 3:55 PM MDT
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