02-01-2016, 05:37 PM
(02-01-2016, 05:20 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Sure. You're an a-hole for piling on Brad.
I've never joined in on the piling on that happens with Brad, but I think you're wrong. A message board is a space of pseudo-anonymity. People know I have said I am a former tax accountant now working in finance for a state university, but how much of that does anyone know is true? We've had situations of people creating personas in order to troll these boards. I'm not saying that Brad is faking anything, but what I am saying is that while some of us use our offline lives to bring something to the board it isn't something that really commands respect in any way. Respect comes from good interactions with people.
From my observations, Brad has not had good interactions with many people on these boards. I interact with him very little, and that is somewhat intentional, so I don't know all of the reasons why the opinions towards Brad are what they are. What I do know is that the responses he receives are not to do with his offline life, but from his posts on the boards. In all of the bashing I have seen the focus is on the content of his posts. Now, if your contention is that people are bullying Brad by piling on in such a way, I can understand that. But your OP seems to be trying to make the argument that because of Brad's offline life he deserves more respect than he is getting. If that is your argument, I have to disagree.
