MAVS 103, NUGGETS 89

[mavsluvr]

I think I must respond to K's accusations, distasteful as it is to do so. 

I was very surprised to read that he thinks I have been "trolling him," "turning everything he says into a false straw-man argument" for "literally months," "targeting him," being "annoyed with him," and "repeatedly creating straw-men of his arguments." 

What an extraordinary collection of statements. 

I am never intentionally disrespectful to anyone here. I do engage in a little friendly banter now and then, as people do with me, but it is always intended to be fun and humorous, and never wounding or "exhausting," and certainly is not intended to affect anyone's quality of life. 

I went back and looked at the post that enraged K to see if maybe I had inadvertently said something that could be interpreted as offensive. He had made some comments regarding Luka that I thought were on the extreme side, but rather than respond with a "heavy" discussion of how there might be another point of view on that, I chose to make the same point with a lighthearted, joke-y reply. If he somehow got his feelings hurt over it, that was never my intent, but I find it astonishing that anyone could have taken it seriously, thought it was "targeting," considered it a violation of the rules, or thought it warranted having a moderator ask me to leave the board. Nevertheless, if I had it to do over again, I just wouldn't bother to respond. 

I find it sad, and tbh, a little creepy, that K thinks that I am acting out some kind of obsession with him. I respond to comments here on a post-by-post basis, don't look for any particular person's posts to "target," and don't always even notice who wrote the comment I am responding to. In Kamm's case, I really couldn't tell you what responses I have made to him beyond the last couple of days, or even what specifically he has argued, other than that he makes a lot of +/- comments and remarks about Luka. I don't doubt that I have disagreed with some of his points from time to time, but I thought we were here to have such discussions. 

Anyway, it is very unpleasant and strange to realize that someone is having his life affected over an imagined idea that I have some sort of malevolent intentions toward him, and that I have been seeking him out to make him miserable for months.  Man, I just come here to talk about the Mavericks. I hope we are not going to have too many disturbing excursions to the Twilight Zone here, as it detracts from the board as an otherwise enjoyable experience. 

Hopefully, this will be the last we have to hear/say on this subject.