I think this is a good idea

[Dill]

(06-27-2020, 01:48 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Yes, personal attacks are bad, whether they are egregious or subtle.  See your latest post for a great example.  You don't see it in Dino because you engage in the same behavior, albeit to a lesser extent, and trust me when I say I am far from the only person who notices it.

You can call any post you don't like a "personal attack" I suppose.  Claim it is "sublte."

If Dino calls someone a "simpleton" or a "liar" because of his political views or in simple disagreement, then I am not responding in kind, however subtly, if I call Dino's actions "a personal attack." I have not thereby just generated another personal attack if I ask him to desist.

I don't see Dino calling other MB members simpletons and liars because he doesn't do it. I don't see that in my own behavior for the same reason. I don't even call Trump names, someone NOT on the message board.

Simple disagreement can be perceived as "subtle" personal attack, but the perception doesn't make it so.