Daleth

I came to this board tonight to complain about yguy's behavior on a thread about spanking kids starting here. As you can see, I initially thought he was joking and responded in kind. But he wasn't joking, so in response to my joking back he told me to "get some guts" and then "double dared" me to say something I never even intended. There is no reason to say that other than to provoke. It worked this time, but it was his intention rather than his words that bothered me.

This was the point when I should have stopped engaging him, but it took me a while to digest that I was being personally trolled. Why exactly was he addressing these comments to me? I agreed with the sentiment, but didn't choose the phrasing that he was arguing about, so why not address the person who did choose the words? It became clear that it was about confronting me, and at the same time it was disrupting an otherwise on-topic and reasonable debate, like he does every day.

When I figured it out, I came here to post about it and found this:
This makes it pretty clear that yes, he does think he has some special relationship with me that gives him rights. He's outright told me that he believes I find some truth in what he says but am just not ready to admit it yet, so I'm looking to him for some sort of guidance. He's trolling me in hopes of getting me to see his particular version of the light. I have been one of the few people on the IIDB (if not the only) to say anything nice to him and to give him a chance to just express his ideas without confrontation, and as a result he's taking liberties.

This particular thread may seem like a petty reason to complain about someone, but it's one thing after another. (I went over the line in the thread in question as well, and I understand if you edit me. ) With him it's always about the poster rather than the subject. Whoever he's disagreeing with is myopic or idiotic or "they don't see much" or they aren't being honest with themselves "for one fat second" or they "aren't thinking [their] own thoughts". It's always the other poster who can't admit when they're wrong. He can't explain why a logical conclusion drawn from his stated position is incorrect, so reather than address the issue, he insults the poster. And it goes on like this for page after page. The insults are just silly little things, but it destroys all meaningful conversation.

I'd love to just put him on ignore, but he's only been here a few months and already shows up in more posts than Jesus. I don't think I could follow threads here well with his half of the comments removed. I'd really appreciate it if someone could at least keep a closer eye on him and edit him every time he calls someone myopic or dishonest or in some other way decides to insult the poster rather than address the content of the post. This is his MO. He does it every day.

Thanks for your time.
Dal

Maverick

Daleth,

Thank you for your input and concerns on this matter. We are taking it under advisement.

Maverick - IIDB Administrator

Daleth

Thanks for taking the time, Maverick. For what it's worth, reporting someone is really not my cup of tea and I'm sorry to bother you with something like this. I sat on this post for over an hour deciding whether to submit it. It would have been preferable to be able to reply directly to the thread here in which he named me.