Discussion on All-Girl events

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by hardcopi

Bullying is only prohibited in name only. The original poster, who is a student btw and not a mentor was bullied mercilessly for having a different opinion and actually stating it. Sure the bullying was through downgrade of reputation (-400... seriously) and through rude and bullying private messages, but the student was still bullied.

I'm not sure I disagree with this post, but could you link to the specific examples you consider bullying? Obviously, there is a line between passionately disagreeing with someone and "bullying" them, and it would be educational for everybody to discuss where that line is.

One thing I'm sure I disagree with is the idea that giving negative reputation is bullying. If negative reputation is considered "bullying", then I'm sure lots of people on both sides of this debate have been "bullied", perhaps by each other. Negative reputation is given by different people for different reasons, but at least for me, it requires more from me than to disagree with the post in question - the post has to be rude, condescending, toxic toward other parties in the debate, smug, arrogant, etc. to elicit a red dot. I'm sure other people have more hair triggers than I do.

Originally Posted by smitikshah

They also said parts of my post were looking for attention.

I have never, ever understood this criticism from anyone. Literally all communication by all humans is desiring the attention of the reader. That is why words are said, to get the attention of another person to communicate an idea to them. Additionally, attention is not a finite resource and is a legitimate human need. What exactly is someone's point when they say a statement is "looking for attention"?