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Originally Posted by Proposition Joe  Wilbur, your own posts range from the decidedly toungue-in-cheek to the outright bizarre.
Odd that you feel the need to lambast Ellie with a madey-uppy insult like "sub-intellectual" after she strayed off-message on the pay issue.
Of course the pay rates seem generous to someone still in training. Everyone feels like a king (or queen) when they get their first real pay packet.
Remember this is a discussion site, not a classroom. You're addressing other adults, so try to jolt yourself out of talking-down-to-teenagers mode. Please stop trying to supress any opinion that differs from your own, or the union orthodoxy. By all means, argue the issue on its merits, but there's no need to resort to bullying or "swarm tactics" against an individual.
And demanding personal, identifying information that may be professionally damaging to another poster is way off-limits. |
Proposition Joe
- "sub-intellectual" is just a word - totally pejorative to indicate a dismissive view of somebody's argument - it's not a sneaky "madey-uppey" (!!) word.
- the relevance of your king/queen metaphor totally escapes me
- you maintain that this is a discussion site suggesting that there are inherent rules of engagement - then proceed to rebuke my "orthodoxy" cheerfully unaware of the incongruity
- Ellie has been "bullying" other posters in her facile manner over the last few weeks - I refer you to her posts - but she is a damsel-in-distress and across the plain gallops Sir Joe her noble knight-errant.
-when I joined PI what struck me most was the level of vitriol contained in many posts - members posted each other in terms of rage and utter contempt - to "argue the issue on its merits" seemed very much a discretionary option
-I did not seek "personal identifying information" - Ellie keeps reminding us that she is a trainee-teacher (and , bizarrely , that she has a child ) - so where do I seek personal knowledge of her ? If you are half the gallant knight you think you are you will apologise for this unfounded imputation. To know that I live far from her is all the reassurance I need.
Above all I dislike your condescending tone - I am gravely disappointed in you.