Re: Religion was left-handedness

On 3/17/12 10:15 PM, Matt Bear-Fowler wrote:
> I've been trying really hard to stay out of this. I hate when
> conversations devolve to this point. Plus, it's Great Lent and I really
> don't want or need unnecessary conflict.
>
> But I've got to say something at this point. Sibyl, you've been really
> pleasant to me personally. But you're acting ridiculous when it comes to
> the rest of the people on this list. I cannot wrap my mind around why
> you keep sidestepping everything everyone says to you. I can't figure
> out your bizarre attempts at oneupmanship (I can't get that to look
> right no matter where I put dashes or spaces in) with off topic
> information that just seems to be thrown out there to look clever.
>
> Look, the people on this list are reasonable, intelligent folks. When
> nearly everyone who is communicating with you here is calling you out
> for acting like an ass, you ought to take a look at what you're doing
> and see if there might be some truth to it. If you really, honestly look
> and don't see any problems, then so be it. But I think you at least
> ought to take a look.
>
> Also, for someone who claims to have developed such good coping
> strategies for dealing with undiagnosed autism, you sure aren't coping
> very well in your conversations right now. I'm not entirely convinced
> it's a symptom of your autism. I don't know enough about autism to judge
> it. But I do know that you're failing miserably at engaging in
> constructive conversation with most everyone here. Watching this
> continue to go on and on is very frustrating. It's making me sad. And
> really, kind of pissed off.
>
> Maybe you can find a way to stop it?
>
> That's really all I've got to say. I hope it stays that way.
>
> Matt

Okay, Matt (and I apologize for mistyping your name for Mal's way back
there). If you say that I've been behaving badly, I'll believe it,
though I still can't see it, or how any of what Mal and Jenny were
saying came anywhere near accurate. I had the impression that Jenny was
just offended and annoyed because I brought a Christian principle into a
Druidic thread, and called in Mal to help beat me up.

I suppose that all I can do is apologize, and promise to try to watch
it, and to be very dull, but clearly I don't recognize "offensive" most
of the time. I do apologize, to everyone, and I'll try. I like all of
you, except Mal. And I am NOT a sociopath. I know that for sure. If I
were, I'd be better at being a people-pleaser. Sociopaths have that
part all figured out.

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