"If you think it is appropriate to use your user page to attack me" by Larry Sanger, formatting by The Cunctator


(If you think it is appropriate to use your user page to attack me,
I insist that
I be given equal time
to defend myself.
Feel free
to delete the following from this page
only if you delete the above attack on me.
-- Apologies, of course,
to those who think that it's a mistake to defend myself. --LMS)
Really, really bad idea
nay,
a breathtakingly
idiotic
idea:
constantly
shooting yourself in the foot by
constantly
using inflammatory language,
such as "fear-based," above, instead of trying to engage people with whom you disagree
in polite,
reasoned
dialogue.
The Wikipedia Militia notion isn't fear-based.
If you think it is, you
just
don't
get it.
I'm not engaging in fear-mongering.
I'm trying, in what was intended to be a lighthearted way
(until you came along and spun it in a way that made me look as bad as possible),
to get people turned on to the idea of
doing a whole lot of work
whenever the time comes
to make sure that
a huge crop of misguided new people
do not ruin Wikipedia--
as
they
could.
Most people who arrive "get it."
There is always
a minority who don't,
and they need
teaching and dissuading from doing
really
damaging
edits.
The above sort of comment, Cunctator, borders on
libel
(because not only is it
false,
it's outrageously
false
and completely insulting,
and seems
designed
to damage
my reputation).
This frankly
outrages me
and wastes
me
time.


I maintain that I am
a very
reasonable
person.
If you reasonably raise a point, I will reasonably respond.
If you accuse
me of "fear mongering" and "a bunker mentality" such that "a red flag should be going up,"
as you are
constantly
doing,
then you cannot expect me to take you seriously.
So stop it, already.
Treat me nicely, and I
will treat
you
nicely.
--Larry_Sanger

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(attack defend delete delete attack) Really, really bad breathtakingly idiotic constantly shooting constantly inflammatory polite, reasoned you just don't get it intended to be lighthearted (until you came along spun bad) to get people turned on work huge crop misguided new ruin always dissuading really damaging libel (false outrageously false completely insulting damage reputation) frankly outrages wastes very reasonable reasonably reasonably accuse constantly doing seriously stop it, already nicely nicely.

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