Exactly. His problem wasn't that he had a different point of view; it was that instead of posting a different point of view, he would post an insult.

Don't use that word. It's a slur. It's deeply associated with the near-daily murder of trans* women. It's very much on par with other racial/ethnic slurs. Don't use it.

I'm deleting it from my lexicon right now.

:)

And I will refer to Ibby as "she" from now on. ;)

Well, I still like Merc. He was good to me. If someone has a problem with that you can fuck-off. Even if I don't always agree with my friends, I refuse to turn my back on them.

Trilby - I never knew Merc said those things to you and for that I am truly sorry

It's okay to be friends with an asshole. It's not okay to excuse them for it because they're your friend.

Are you threatening Merc's life?

I see you don't deny it.

What a stinkin' act of cowardice to come here and threaten someone's life while hiding behind the anonymous account.

No, of course I wasn't threatening Merc's life! I should have worded that better. I'll turn it back over to Sam.

:lol: ... I know. I was just having a little fun. See what I did there? Awhile ago, I went into the anonymous account and put myself on ignore so the next anonymous user wouldn't be able to read my replies in a timely fashion. Unless they figured it out right away, they'd have to jump back and forth between accounts just to make an untimely followup. Thanks for the entertainment! Tickle, tickle. :p:

Sorry. That just came off really, really wrong. I only meant that Merc's not coming back HERE.

For what it's worth, I went back and re-read some of the threads that were posted right before both Merc's and monster's departures, trying to understand the dynamics of what went on. I still don't understand about monster being a bully, and I gave up trying to figure that one out.

Merc's last few posts and the replies he got made me feel tired. Enough is enough already. I didn't even feel like responding to this thread as me any more.

I'm going to take the advice you posted awhile back, and ignore this entire topic about why ANYONE stays or leaves.

Again, I apologize. It was a stupid way to post. And if I post anything in this thread again, you all can kill ME (metaphorically, of course).

wait howthefuck did i miss monster leaving? someone drop me a link? i've been living too much in Politics/Current Events lately, i'm outta the loop!

OK, you really got me, didn't you? You, you - BULLY, you! But thanks for the useful tip re Anon. Oh, and I was actually completely logged off as a "guest" when I read your reply.

You probably wouldn't want to know, Ibby. Reading old history of Dwellers behaving badly toward one another is too depressing - for me, anyhow.

And now I guess I get to be killed because I replied to this thread again. :p:

Not at all, you're still loopy.

:rotflol:

I kill me.