Posted on May 10, 2016
Should there be a separate RallyPoint for Angry Veterans and Service Members? Would this help keep RallyPoint a Healthy Place to grow?
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I was thinking about this after reading some hateful and spiteful things in what could have been decent debates and threads. Would it truly help?
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MSgt (Join to see) how about we leave the current RP alone, and set up a safe space RP for people that get offended by words. Just a thought.
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MSG (Join to see)
MSG Christopher Chouinard - Supersweet. My plans for world domination are coming to fruition. Baby steps. That way no one really notices. Now just to get my hands on some sharks with laser beams attached to their heads.
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LTC (Join to see)
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Rainbows and unicorns together? That's disgusting! It's rainbows, lollipops and sunshine. I thought everybody knew that! But clearly, there are way too many anti-rainbow people on RP! :)
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SP5 (Join to see)
Don't forget to provide a tear off pad of Hurt Feeling Report forms and directions to the nearest chaplain.
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This topic made me laugh out loud. Welcome to RallyPoint, for RallyPoint XTREME please go to our other site.
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SSG Carlos Madden
"RallyPoint XTREME." Submitting the request to the software engineering team now...
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Some of the misunderstandings are due to the poster putting out bad info, but you also have some people with a lack of reading comprehension ability or the reader placing their own emotions into the posting. I don't use it, but the block function can handle this. However, even if some people have low emotional maturity they may prove valuable on a specific issue and benefit us all.
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PV2 Violet Case
that is very true some of us have had TBI, strokes or other health issues that make it harder to comprehend what is read or what we have seen on the internet and we simply rely on asking about a subject and show our concern in the questions. And we trust other military trained people would have our backs on a subject instead of stab us in the back over asking it. I once experienced that and still get tagged in fields that concern that question from yrs ago. And now to this day the question I had asked has been proven by the government to be a true thing and others made comments of giving me a tin hat. So I left RP for a long time because of it. Due to my service connected disabilities I already deal with enough depression without ones I thought were brothers to have my back to do that to me. It took awhile to pull out of it and each year I get sicker and so do not come here that often. And no one should feel that way or be treated that way. If we were all out at war against an enemy I would want to no my back is covered. No matter what anyone may say, think or do to me I would have their back and set my emotions to the side and take a bullet for anyone.
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CPT Mark Gonzalez
PV2 Violet Case - The comment wasn't meant as a dig at people with injuries or disabilities. It was for some that may rush to judgement when reading a post or people acting like a jerk. We all have our own individual issues, but can still be value added. Thank you for your service and still being on RP, despite some previous bad experiences.
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PV2 Violet Case
CPT Mark Gonzalez - Thank you Sir, also for your service, I guess I may have went a bit long there. I was just trying to say we all should have each others backs no matter what and understand some have disabilities. I was very happy to read that you felt peoples comments or add in can be of value. That touched my heart thank you.
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Nah-but I think we'd all benefit from asking ourselves if we'd really say it like we do "online" if we had to face that person in real life...I've a few regular friends here on RP that I'd be cautious about shooting off at the mouth to-you guys know who you are :)
Speaking as an "angry vet", RP has both informed and aided me...True, I get hot under the collar seeing how much some things change, but I'm usually cooled down by how much things have obviously stayed the same: The E-4 Mafia still operates in the shadows of well, everything...O-1s are still good fodder for a laugh...E6-E8 still know "it"...O-4s are still working on ulcers...and E-9s and O-6s are still trying to sort us all out.
All in all, RP is a life-saver as is, and I'm glad to be here.
Speaking as an "angry vet", RP has both informed and aided me...True, I get hot under the collar seeing how much some things change, but I'm usually cooled down by how much things have obviously stayed the same: The E-4 Mafia still operates in the shadows of well, everything...O-1s are still good fodder for a laugh...E6-E8 still know "it"...O-4s are still working on ulcers...and E-9s and O-6s are still trying to sort us all out.
All in all, RP is a life-saver as is, and I'm glad to be here.
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If ya got a problem with a person's post - don't read it! RP doesn't need to be politically correct. My Gosh, if you can't put on your big boy pants and be like a duck, let the water run off, then don't read. Sometimes I think a person may just need to get some anger out. Please don't cry over your spilled milk!
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PO1 Tony Holland
And who really knows what issues they may be dealing with --- it could be considered a cry for help from those unwilling to ask.
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Some of the post by people are just like cooking off a grenade. When it goes off in their hand they have nobody to blame but themselves. You can't post up a political piece without somebody taking offense. It is common sense. We all know it. So why would somebody take offense?
If this site was about the 670-1 I would not even be on here and neither would anybody else. Yeah there is people that don't think like me on here and that is what makes it fun. (Yes i said it! RP is FUN!) If I said asparagus is delicious and everybody agreed, how can you find that interesting?
If this site was about the 670-1 I would not even be on here and neither would anybody else. Yeah there is people that don't think like me on here and that is what makes it fun. (Yes i said it! RP is FUN!) If I said asparagus is delicious and everybody agreed, how can you find that interesting?
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We are not gonna grow by doing that ... Yes people get offended... Yes people set off people for no reason or to feel better about themselves.... But once you start weeding out the undesirable your left with nothing... Keep it as is
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Honestly, I couldn't tell if this was a serious or joke post. I might be fairly new to RallyPoint, but in all the discussions I've participated in, I haven't really seen anything that could be construed as angry or bitter unless I'm not looking hard enough. Personally the idea of a safe space in any form of debate is ridiculous. We've all served, I can bet each one of us has something that might piss us off whether it be a particular command, a certain policy, maybe dealing with the VA, or even politics in general. But at the end of the day, we're all professionals and that's what sets us apart from the civilian sector. We should be able to separate our emotions from our critical thinking skills and be able to have proper discussions. We can smoke and joke all we want, but in the end it's not personal, just business.
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Cpl Justin Goolsby
In this "safe space" society we're living, it's getting increasingly difficult to tell when someone is joking and being serious.
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MSgt (Join to see)
I know, but now you know me. You should be able to determine which part of my responses are in jest and which ones are serious. I don't like being serious and can get my point across in a joking manner.
If you ever have a question about which I am being, just ask.
If you ever have a question about which I am being, just ask.
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MSgt John McGowan
MSgt. There are a few on RP than can get pretty nasty. If you r of a different policial leaning. I know I was double teamed once about that..there is bombs out there.
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