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<blockquote data-quote="payn" data-source="post: 8652813" data-attributes="member: 90374"><p>Good enough for me!</p><p></p><p>Oh that is so popular.</p><p></p><p>One thing I notice is what I guess I would call shortcutting. In some of your examples I think that is described as in-grouping. Folks use jargon as a way to say "you are out of your element Donny". They just dont want/care if you participate in the conversation. Until you can fight your way in and prove you can hang, buzz off. The other shortcut method is trying to shut down any jargon/theory discussion because you dont like it. Instead of addressing the theory on its own terms, folks pick some loose thread and unravel it conveniently. Sometimes they attack the author for being a jerk and claim it makes the whole theory bad. Their aim is to just stop the use completely without having to do any of the work required to actually discuss it. </p><p></p><p>To be fair, it is a discussion board and not a graduate level course or dissertation piece. Folks dont have to go to great lengths to include everyone and/or explain why a theory is dated or poorly constructed. So, I appreciate your advice and try and follow it myself, though, I do expect people to be people.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="payn, post: 8652813, member: 90374"] Good enough for me! Oh that is so popular. One thing I notice is what I guess I would call shortcutting. In some of your examples I think that is described as in-grouping. Folks use jargon as a way to say "you are out of your element Donny". They just dont want/care if you participate in the conversation. Until you can fight your way in and prove you can hang, buzz off. The other shortcut method is trying to shut down any jargon/theory discussion because you dont like it. Instead of addressing the theory on its own terms, folks pick some loose thread and unravel it conveniently. Sometimes they attack the author for being a jerk and claim it makes the whole theory bad. Their aim is to just stop the use completely without having to do any of the work required to actually discuss it. To be fair, it is a discussion board and not a graduate level course or dissertation piece. Folks dont have to go to great lengths to include everyone and/or explain why a theory is dated or poorly constructed. So, I appreciate your advice and try and follow it myself, though, I do expect people to be people. [/QUOTE]
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