I'm ashamed

Hillbilly Housewife wrote: I'm ashamed about events that have transpired here over the weekend and words that have been spit out to some in order to nitpick.

Let me be the first to apologize.


I'm sorry to all involved for not having stepped up to defend any of you with differing opinion sooner, and I'm sorry not to have been around to keep in check those of you that were out of line in attacking those differing opinions. Nobody should be able to gang up and attack, not on PC anyways.

I'm sorry to all involved.

mom2my2cuties replied: Rocky - Now really - do you think you have ANYTHING to apologize for? You can't be everywhere at once - and honestly - it shouldn't be expected of the moderators to have to babysit the members - even though lately, it seems as though that has been needed on more than a couple of occasions.


ETA - Forgive me if that doesn't make any sense - I am not the best with words sometimes.

Hillbilly Housewife replied: Yes, actually, I do feel the need to apologize. Someone has to. This place means a lot to me...and I am sad everytime I see a member leave because of crap like this, and I don't want to see anyone else leave because of people with like minded attitudes and/or opinions jumping on members' differing posts.

Personally I'm pretty left-winged myself...and tend to agree with the majority of the posts that are different than the majority... and I can't wrap my mind around people not being able to just accept that sometimes opinions differ...and leave it at that rather than being total snots towards those posters.

So I am apologizing to everyone involved. Again.

Nina J replied: I agree with Tish

Very heartfelt post, Rocky

Crystalina replied:
A girl after my own heart!

TANNER'S MOM replied: Well I was here and involved to an extent. I felt the need to stop posting due to the fact that everything was getting off topic and nothing was becoming of it. But I didn't feel the need to step in, I am not sure when people opinions become attacks. But I hope in the future we can decide which is which and we can all post opinions safely without fear of hurting anyone's feelings.

Thanks Rocky.

cameragirl21 replied: Rocky, you have nothing to apologize for, you're a great person.
Seriously, if you have to apologize then some people here should have to shampoo my pitbull.
lol, just kidding, really, and in case anyone asks, i don't have a pitbull or any dogs for that matter, it's just a figure of speech.
have a great day, Rocky and everyone else!

Maddie&EthansMom replied:

Hillbilly Housewife replied:
See...even us mods have a difference of opinion sometimes!!

holley79 replied: I think that some of the topics of late have gotten off track and things have been a little on the "attack" but I feel that we are all "grown ups" here and shouldn't have to be babysat. With that being said, I think all the MODS have done a wonderful job and THANK YOU.

C&K*s Mommie replied: I could not agree more with Mel or Holley.





Such is life. We are all different in so many more ways than we can count.

A&A'smommy replied:
I agree except most I mean most of the mods lol I haven't been here to enough to be able to keep up with everything but I wanted to say good job to the ones that have been on top of it!!! I hope that this time we can remember experiences like this in the future and remember tact when having a difference of opinion!!

redchief replied: I've been so busy these last couple of weeks that I've been seriously neglecting my duties here. I'm usually one of the first to jump into a lively debate, but I've not even been reading everything lately. I just haven't had the time. I'm sorry I missed whatever it was that I missed, or only read a portion of something that may have gotten out of hand. I don't want to see anyone leave because of differing opinions. How am I supposed to learn about others and their beliefs if everyone thinks the same way I do? So I also apologize for my absence.

ashtonsmama replied: For what it's worth, please accept my apologies.

Crystalina replied:
I agree 100%.

We should be able to and then still be able to . I'm not suggesting that anyone inparticular is doing this but it just seems like at times people are carrying feelings from one thread to another and it's like a volcanoe that will erupt. You can read any controversial thread and see it slowly happend. I'm by no means saying that it's anyones fault or that one persons veiws are better then the other. Or that any one member is more responsible then another. The way I see it is that we are all to blame. "We" being anyone who replies to them (me included.). The mods here are great but are we babys where we really need a mod to tell us when to chill out? We should know when enoughs enough.

and their opinions because really, is anyones opinion going to change the way you live your life?

Hillbilly Housewife replied:
Hmmm....I think maybe I miscommunicated what I was trying to say.

Sorry if my comment offended anyone... it wasn't meant to imply that anyone's a baby and needed to be "babysat". I meant that sometimes emotions get out of control and sometimes someone needs to step in and re-set the tone in order for the original post to get back on track without having everyone ticked off at one another.

Crystalina replied:
No Rocky, I was not meaning anything about your original post but just in general. We as members (and adults) should not have to have a mod come in and tell us to calm down. Sorry, that is what I meant. I was not taking anything from your post when I said that. I understand that mods are here to keep the peace but just like in any setting where there are many differant kinds of people we should also know when to cool it and when something is turning ugly. That's what I was getting at.

C&K*s Mommie replied: Gotcha Rocky.

My2Beauties replied: Thank you for that Rocky! I was pretty appalled at how rotten that post got! I think we need to definitely start respecting each other a bit more