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Noooo don't go

Well, for anyone who cares, I also left the board. My reason was because of the number of mean spirited and angry posters. It's no longer fun to be subjected to them. There is enough negativity in life that we can't do anything about, so I eliminate what I can. Who needs it?



It was fun while it was fun!

Petralicious said: "A good part of the people who get into arts, are sensitive, shy, awkward people. In a world where there are safe zones in university, and opposing views are shut down, where little boys are suspended for giving little girls flowers in 2nd grade, to be insulted and mocked personally and publicly must be very hard and distressing. Anti-Bully movement is everywhere you turn. this is environment we live and I am sure these people have had enough. It may even have given them flashbacks to rough times in HS"



Online communities like this require said people to actually click a link or two to access, while "bullying" is by definition always direct. Again the question is raised: Why can't these thin-skinned performers then just ignore the many corners of the internet? Murin said something about "in my face" concerning threads about Nerds, but then she admitted to actively looking for negative posts! Pathetic. If people were directly tweeting her that her performance was crap? Sure, that can be seen as "bullying." But my opinion about a bunch of Broadway performers have sure been brought down several notches lately, and that's just sad. Good job, Patti Murin.

The real change is a personal one. A sadness that I see some of my favorite performers/Deutsch in a different, more unfavorable light and that I have less of an enthusiasm to post here. Hopefully these things will mend over time, but it's been a sad week for me.

One of the main reasons I've never been a stage door person (aside from the fact that standing around in the cold for hours after a show isn't my cup of tea) is because I never wanted to have a negative personal encounter with a performer color my impression of his or her work. Unfortunately, that has happened multiple times over the last few days, as Whizzer describes. It's sad.

Whizzer said: "The real change is a personal one. A sadness that I see some of my favorite performers/Deutsch in a different, more unfavorable light and that I have less of an enthusiasm to post here. Hopefully these things will mend over time, but it's been a sad week for me. "I understand this feeling. I often feel this way toward performer when they too out there with their political opinions. I wonder if their agents, management are looking out for them because this earth is so divided on most issues, that if you're loud in your opinion, you are going to colour 1/2 your audience aginst you. Whether you are Clint Eastwood or Sean Penn or Leo Decaprio. I tell myself I will boycott. But really I hurt myself more than them and I do not.

Updated On: 3/14/16 at 12:51 PM

AC126748 said: "FYI, Petralicious, that quote you are attributing to me isn't mine. Whizzer said it. I saw quoting him, just to be clear.



"Apology and corrected

c'mon, people. if i was able to manage to keep going, y'all really should. even if i am just here to ogle carlos.

In the end you have to do what is right for you doodle.

and papa...ogling me is good enough reason to stay.

Updated On: 3/14/16 at 01:37 PM

You make a good point, Carlos, thanks. I have put a few of those who I object to on ignore. As for the rest, I usually just feel sorry for their pain, and figure it's cheaper to vent on here than anywhere else. It just wasn't fun to post here lately. But you never know what will happen.

Jane2 said: "You make a good point, Carlos, thanks. I have put a few of those who I object to on ignore. As for the rest, I usually just feel sorry for their pain, and figure it's cheaper to vent on here than anywhere else. It just wasn't fun to post here lately. But you never know what will happen.



"When i first sign up I was warned to stay away from some posters by other posters, ironically the 3 posters I was warned about were the ones who have been suspended. and no, i did not report. It made me not want to post anymore but I just ignored them.

From Craig's link:



I have a friend who produced a show in a tight Tony battle last year. She has had a message board name for years, occasionally using it to promote her shows. Last year she attacked the show against her show pretty hard. She was one of the first people to call me applauding Ms. Murin and her post. Of course, there are people who are solely anti-message board. I am not suggesting everyone is two-faced. I'm not even suggesting my friend is two-faced, just simply that she has selective amnesia regarding her own transgressions.



We're all guilty of selective amnesia. The difference is who is willing to admit it and look more closely at the issue and who will just turn Trump-like and refuse to see that there is more to the situation at hand.

Ms. Joy brushes up against an important thing to remember – the notion that the “positives” can exist without the “negatives” is preposterous. You can’t isolate aspects of discussion and pretend they appeared spontaneously, from a vacuum. Even though I think he’s been far, far too generous to and easy on Ms. Murin, Rob’s promises of better – or, at least, more specific – moderation in order to allow the positives to continue to develop out of this interplay, while paring back the more egregious negatives, seem well-intended, and many of you have been quick to pat him on the back for that.



But given that PRS asked for an account deletion and instead was locked out, Namo received none of the promised warnings before being suspended, and Margo’s posts in this very thread remained untouched after being reported by multiple users, I’m having a hard team not seeing these promises as empty words and political jockeying, so much so that I still feel the need to screen-cap this very post, in case it gets me an unceremonious suspension, as well.