Originally Posted by
Harlan Huckleby
Good manners and good taste don't live in your head. They live in the social world around you. You have been making long, sincere, well-meaning posts describing how you are a decent person and that you want to reconcile with others. The problem is that people don't want to hear it. It is repetitive, uncomfortable, unnecessary. Therefore, in the social world, rather than in your own internal logic, you are behaving with very bad manners and bad taste.
I think you are a very decent person, and maybe you are very smart. It is not decent or smart to keep trying to convince others you are decent and smart.
You need to stop, completely and immediately, lecturing others about peace and harmony. It is not producing peace and harmony, which surely you can see. It is only defending yourself and reassuring yourself. This is narcissistic, not genuinely doing anything positive for people around you. Since you are in fact a very genuine & decent person, then you need to walk-the-walk and STOP talking about yourself.
I know this is true. But you have to ACT on this by doing the hardest thing of all: step back and honestly observe how your behavior is affecting people people. Listen to the feedback.
Some people here think you are an asshole. I sure don't, and many others want to accept you into the family here. Even the ones who hate you, like Joemailman, will be back to accepting & appreciating you as a quirky uncle from the nord if you will just shut up a little bit. Well, a lot, you have been spamming the forum in unsuccessful attempt to salve the awful pain of rejection you are undoubtably feeling.
AND here's my unsolicited advice to others: if somebody is bugging you, just try the ignore list. I put Woody on ignore because he was getting on my nerves, it really works marvelously, as Romney would say. I can't resist a train wreck, poked my nose back in here to deliver my Dr. Phil speech. I'm sure I will remove Woody from my ignore list after this kerfuffle dies down.