Posted by Dr. Bob on August 6, 2013, at 5:20:01
In reply to Re: Trying to practice what I've been preaching » Dr. Bob, posted by larry hoover on August 4, 2013, at 12:03:20
> The issue is unrestrained incivility in posting draining the resources of the community.
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> Admonishing us all by asking us to try harder to tolerate each other more is not leadership. Many eleoquent and passionate voices expressing that discontent are being ignored.
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> asking us to grow into tolerance is offensive. If I tolerate behaviour that I consider to violate community standards, I am worse than the perpetrator, because I'm letting my community down. Listen, Bob, to the voices of community members asking you to restore THEIR community's standards of civility. A healthy community's leader is a servant to the people within it.
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> The community is powerless to self-manage> If you do consider your new strategy of inaction to be a change in behaviour, are you satisfied with the results so far?
Incivility isn't unrestrained.
Voices aren't being ignored. Opinions are being disagreed with.
A leader is a servant? When a community can't self-manage?
If you tolerate behavior a community disagrees with, you give someone the experience of acceptance. And you give yourself peace.
Yes, I'm satisfied so far. For one thing, old posters are starting to post again. :-)
Bob
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