Akenaton, I really appreciate your feedback, and I realize that there is a degree of truth to your judgments of what I'm saying (and I do think it's very respectful that you are keeping to the 'content' of my message rather than attacking me personally)

I do have some judgments about many of GFS's (as well as others) posts -----and if I felt he were open to hearing them I'd be quite willing to share them. At the same time I know nothing else about him. He might or might not have mental health issues. And I might or might not have mental health issues.   Anybody here on mudcat could be on medication, and may have periods where they get into places or irrationality and have no control over this.   

And because I've had close relationships (professionally and personally) with people who struggle with such issues, I'm very sensitive to people using such issues as weapons for 'put-downs' of any sort.   To me it's the equivalent of calling a gay person a 'faggot'. Or assigning negative racial stereotypes.

Many people with mental health issues are brilliant, loving, and creative.

That's why I'm so bristly about the medication and the 'see your psychiatrist' comments. They're not done with any spirit of concern, but as a way to enhance winning their argument. I judge those comments as 'abusive'.

At the same time I don't believe that we should 'humour' comments from people who may have mental challenges just because we judge them as incapable of anything else. I agree....that would be disrespectful.   My choice would be to ignore the comments if I believed that.......and at this point I have no reason to believe that with any of the mudcat posters.

For me to put a label on a person as being 'abusive' wouldn't be possible, because I don't know their intent, what they have control over.

But certainly would I would like to do (I don't know if I will because it takes an incredible amount of time) would be to go over all the posts (over 800) and point out the comments that meet my standards (mine....not anybody else's) of being clearly abusive.

And so it doesn't become totally negative I'd also like to point out comments that I view as being respectful......even as they challenge what the other person as saying.

I don't agree with people's comments that the expression of certain opinions are necessarily abusive. Even though I think many of those opinions, if put into practice, would be clearly dangerous.

But I could be wrong.

I hope this clarifies what I was trying to say in my earlier post(s).