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David, I know you want to keep your forum free for all to be who they are. You have lost a couple more rather prolific posters recently due to Surya Deva’s thinly veiled nastiness. thomas follows closely behind. Yulaw posted a lovely, very specific description of an internet Troll and Surya fits beautifully into nearly every category.
I myself have SD on ignore, but he is certainly one reason I only peek in and don’t post. I don’t feel safe to post here.
I have come to respect your handling of situations, and am drawing this to your attention because I believe you will think about it and handle it well. Weighing whether it is worth it to keep one troll and to lose other prolific posters with much to offer or to punt the troll and risk losing his significant number of posts is something only you can do.
My apologies if this is too forward. Blessings upon you in your decision making.
Post: Is Buddhism a religion?
Forum: Religion
Assigned Moderators: N/A
Posted by: lotusgirl
Original Content:
My days are ending here so here goes:
SD,
You just said you never professed to be innocent, yet you have repeatedly stated you have not done this. You’ve said this over and over again.
For some reason, you and I have been at odds. That is obvious for all to see. Why are we? For me it has been I want you to accept viewpoints and be tolerant. I want you to share your knowledge (which I have stated many times before) instead of promoting contentious arguments. I admit, that was wrong of me to expect this of you. I sometimes forget my mantra, expectations are the death of serenity. That being said…
You have treated me with such disrespect and contempt throughout my time on this forum. Names I’ve been called by you are: Fluffy airy fairy new-ager, not living in this reality (Banned for 3 days for this), dishonest, weak, an intellectual inferior, told me to go back to basics and learn yoga, and more than I can remember to be honest. I have held out numerous times olive branches. I’ve asked to make peace. I’ve asked you to stop. You never accepted the olive branch, never made peace or never stopped.
In addition to that, you read in another thread where I admitted to being depressed and on medication. I admitted this to a new poster who was also suffering and needed advise. You took that information and called me weak because I was depressed. The things you said were so bad that David removed the posts. People were very upset with you for saying what you did. Also, you keep referring to the rape issue and my husband and his degree. You said I expressed outrage and was angry. Well, I’m not as patient as Kareng with writing it all out, but you can check the discussion we had on the thread Dogma free yoga starting at post 61. That is what really happened.
In the Abrahamic thread posts: 6,7,9,13,21,36,85,101,105,122,124,125,126,136,137,143,150,184-85,237,305
In these posts you either called abrahamic religions primitive, stupid, disgusting, infantile, refusing to grow up, outdated dinosaurs, or said hinduism is superior. In addition you did not treat others kindly in some of those posts.
In most of my dealings with you I have pleaded for us to find common ground. I did call you arrogant and said something of your mantras of hatred and said you were sly not to make the distinction with the Hindu and Buddhist doctrines. I did and I’m not taking it back. I’m not a perfect Buddhist, but at least I know it. You are arrogant.
Kareng, Yulaw and myself did not deserve what you said about us. Anyone who has read our posts since we have here knows better.
The intolerance and arrogance you have displayed here on this forum is the prime reason I am leaving. There is more to life than trying to discuss something with someone who doesn’t listen. I don’t like getting angry or upset. I don’t like being called names that aren’t true. I’ve learned many lessons here…good and bad.