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YES. I agree with you Steal. That exchange illustrates the very thing that most bothers me about this new PS--that people are far more likely to jump on another poster if her words can be construed to mean *anything* offensive at all. Now, I don't think it's snarky, but more hyper-politically correct, and thus it results in the overly diplomatic posting style that we see around here now.Steal|1289682252|2764715 said:klewis|1289681413|2764702 said:Steal|1289676452|2764618 said:I don't know if this is crossing a line so Ella, delete it, if it is.
I'm off to point some fingers. This thread is typical of PS these days....
I believe this thread got out of hand on page 3:
https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/jewelry-pet-peeves.151321/
Steal- I have read page 3 of your link and I don't think it got out of hand at all. Where did it get out of hand do you think? People disagreed, some strongly disagreed but no-one got nasty and the thread continued on it's original topic.
It is typical in that the thread called for opinion and two posters were called out in the name of sexism and possible homophobia for stating their own 'pet peeve'. So much so that one poster decided to apologise for posting her pet jewellery peeve "Well so it's not okay for me to say what I did".
Doesn't that illustrate what is wrong with PS these days?
Instead of saying "Your pet peeve sounds completely sexist to me--why does it bother you?" the response is defensive and draws unsupported conclusions about the poster's intentions and personal belief system. That kind of response is the death of any possible discussion, in my opinion.