[user104658]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

I just held a mirror up to the way you took this conversation, and the way you act. When the discussion was about the topic, I was in, when you took it away, it was the end. Pretty obvious and visible.



The fact you're still scrambling is hilarious though. If I'm what you claimed a few post ago posts ago, none of this should bother you in the slightest, so move on.



Of course, the "Look as though you're on the right side of history" comment, that took place in the discussion, and not after it, is definitely not an ad hominem though, right?

..... It's a dogwhistle, which is on the dirtier side but it's not eye gouging or fish-hooking. I guess you could argue its a type of ad-hominem in that it's probing for a reaction but it's not an attack per se. That might be splitting hairs.

In the spirit of full disclosure I have no issue with anything you've said other than the suggestion that I've "hounded" anyone off the forum, which I think for one is a massive exaggeration, and even if it wasn't, whether or not anyone leaves the forum is no one else's responsibility nor should it be made out to be. I'm not here to swaddle anyone in cotton wool? If I'd been threatening or harassing that would be one thing, but posting things people don't want to hear doesn't fall into either of those. 2S was posting every 10 minutes or so almost 24/7 in an increasingly frantic manner about Covid. I liked 2S as a member and don't think I handled it particularly well, but hey, weren't we all a little frantic at the time. I don't think it was out of line to counter the posts. I don't think it was out of line to point out that his mental health seemed to be deteriorating. I do think I could have done that with more empathy. We actually did have a PM conversation about that not long before he left. Beyond that, his decision to step away has absolutely nothing to do with me.