Were you offended?

They use many words to try and hide what they think.

Intolerance of bullying is fine. That's not the sort of intolerance we were talking about. I think you are deliberately putting wrong interpretations onto things, soon. You are thinking in concrete, so to speak. Soften up and start thinking in putty. It will help your world view and your people view enormously.

There are clearly people who think that, if for example a person has been bullied, and that person speaks out about it, then that person is being intolerant.
Ditto any other type of victim you can think of.

Lilygran Set it to music.

Goodbye metaphor, farewell simile,
It's a long, long way to oxymoron,
So literal we'll be.

lily, perfect!

If I were to explain 'on thread' it would be deleted.

We are going to avoid any kind of figurative language from now on. Goodbye metaphor, farewell simile. They upset people who think in concrete.

Not reading this lot!

No one has accused soontobe of being racist. She accused others of being so.

Or Bags. (would be racist)

Oh FGS...perhaps you should read the thread jingl before you start jumping to conclusions...

And if I hear that stupid phrase "when you're in a hole etc" all hell could well break out on GN.

Get original.

I haven't read all the boring arguments stated on this thread, but no way do I believe soon would ever be racist.

petra it wasn't only Eloethan who wondered what you meant by your remark. I wondered as well. Perhaps you could explain on-thread?

Soontobe. When your in a hole, stop digging.

I wish the Tories would get a grip on the weather, it is so changeable at the moment, not at all like July.

At last they are getting a grip, it has been glorious today (or perhaps that was the Labour administration in Wales that managed to produce a day of sunshine?)

I can feel myself being drawn into things on here.
I know now to put a stop on it by stopping posting.

And wondering about the posters defending her posts.

I assume that she did not mean her original posts.
I am now questioning my thoughts on that.

I dont know thatbags.
She often says that she is a big fan of freedom of speech.
Her original posts read quite badly indeed.

I didnt misinterpret them Ana.

I read what she wrote. She wrote them not in the way that she meant them.

She then chose to rewrite them in the way that she says that she did mean.

Anniebach. I'm not saying it's right. It should never have got to this stage thanks to our glorious leaders all over Europe.
You use the slum. I could take you on a 3hr30 flight to slums in EUROPE that would make you weep. There are thousands of people living with NO mains water or electricity.
I have seen much much worse around the world.

Yes. Quite impressively manipulative. Hey ho.

To get back to the case in point: here is an article from HuffPo by Robin Lustig. The comments are worth reading too.

I smiled at the way the misunderstanding was turned into thatbags fault, and how thatbags further answer was now "much better".

What elegran calls "looking for bad attitudes" in other posters.