[Angus]

Originally Posted by Livia

You cannot quantify the level of "hurt" someone feelsunless you have been discriminated against. And I don't just mean name calling. Trust me, Vicky's comments are small fry compared to what I've put up with from some people over the years and I'm sure those people would feel justified in their comments as they were "their own opinon". Indeed, I have had MUCH worse than Vicky's comments directed at me on this forum, depsite the fact it says in the rules that any kind of racial abuse "will not be tolerated". Ha! So much for that. Feeling irked at some people's stupidity and tactlessness doesn't make me fragile and oversensitive, it makes me angry.

I said in my reply to Vicky that I wasn't insulted simply because I am a Jew; I was insulted because she is a moderator here. A moderator who hands out infractions and bans for what she considers to be rule breaks, and yet she has not only posted something clumsy and tactless, she has struggled in post after post to justify herself.... and added emoticons presumably to make her point stronger.

It does seem that some people are incapable of "walking in someone else's shoes". The "I'm not offended, so therefore I can't see why you are" statements just show a complete lack of empathy.