Charity as a Christian on CAF

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And, I have said it before in another post. One of the problems with a forum like this is that you have people who post adversarial threads (note-not antagonistic). It begs an argument from those with opposing views. Sometimes this give and take can take on the aura of an argument and things not intended offend.

And, often there are adversarial posts between men and women. The two sexes have different ways of presenting viewpoints and this can lead to a somewhat “snarky” post.

And please, if your post (or any part of it) is intended as humorous, please use emojis. Written humor is often difficult and can be taken the wrong way.
 
The internet has poisoned public discourse. People do not so such blatant disrespect to each other in person, on normal occasions. On the internet people turn into rabid attack dogs, hiding behind their screen names posting to someone who is only an avatar (they are real, but they are just a picture next to a comment on the internet).

It has polarized opinions, and formed kind of a groupthink—if you are this, then you have to agree with X.

The internet is really a double edged sword. All kinds of information can be found in minutes, but at the same time it is being abused in a way that is fracturing our society.
 
Such behavior is not exclusive to CAF, it’s basically the norm on the internet.

When you detach the immediate consequences from an action (i.e., getting punched for being a jerk…), people take it as license to engage in that action. On the internet, you’re generally not going to get any worldly comeuppance for what you do/say. Unfortunately, this has caused people to think it’s okay to do/say whatever they want.

However, we must also bear in mind that its possible to interpret something as uncharitable when it really wasn’t. The internet separates words from the facial expressions / other physical cues that give them subtlety and context. There are also cases where people interpret being direct and truthful as being uncharitable. For instance, my cousin recently took offense to something I said about transgender-ism. I wasn’t being uncharitable, but I was being clear and concise in my position. Whether or not something is charitable is somewhat subjective, so it’s never going to be possible to make sure everyone interprets you as being charitable.
 
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Emojis are very effective in internet usage as we do not speak face to face.

As for posters, there are different kinds, ranging from trolling to serious, calm to quarrelsome, thick skin to very sensitive, cannot accept differences to able to differentiate, good loving character to anger and hate, the intellectual and the less so, and probably more. It often a matter of which one we are.

And in internet, it is easier to rant or to let these characters manifest, as we do not have to see each other or accountable to what we say, other than just being banned or our posts flagged.
 
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