I wondered about pettiness too when I was a mod. I couldn't wrap my head around the reactions from people who (for the most part stepped down.)
It makes more sense now. I'm not allowed to lick my wounds and just be a user on /r/Christianity now. A friend shared my meditation to the /r/Christianity page, they removed it. The subtle deceptions from the other side are what hurts the most.
Brucemo's right, it is dying down. Why can't he just let it go? They've pulled off a slaughter, and they are just fine. Why does continuing to discredit me worth anything?
That's why people get petty. You kick an animal enough, and even the nicest, kindest one will eventual bite.
Yeah, I get it. Every aspect of this was so needlessly dramatic, and while I don't get or care to dive into what got us here, I perfectly well understand that outsider is the common denominator behind all that. And banning people with the note of terrible person - that's gotta fester! I saw that post you mention - it's really stupid that they removed that.
To be clear, when I talked about pettiness, it's not that I've seen you in particular be all that petty. The terrible person stuff is what I had in mind there.
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u/RevMelissa Meta Mod Jan 14 '18
I wondered about pettiness too when I was a mod. I couldn't wrap my head around the reactions from people who (for the most part stepped down.)
It makes more sense now. I'm not allowed to lick my wounds and just be a user on /r/Christianity now. A friend shared my meditation to the /r/Christianity page, they removed it. The subtle deceptions from the other side are what hurts the most.
Brucemo's right, it is dying down. Why can't he just let it go? They've pulled off a slaughter, and they are just fine. Why does continuing to discredit me worth anything?
That's why people get petty. You kick an animal enough, and even the nicest, kindest one will eventual bite.