It’s all good. I like your posts. I like a lot of the posters here, even those I disagree with. I don’t understand why this thread has gotten so contentious where a group of presumed adults feel the need to denigrate and condescendingly mock others’ viewpoints on a regular basis.
It’s clear there is a fundamental gap between certain posters but this constant need to prove one is right and the other side is wrong is just perplexing to me. I get it’s how the internet works in 2024 but, like, aren’t we all Red Sox fans at the end of the day?
Why must we all treat each other so poorly? This is not directed at you.
We, meaning the mod team, strongly endorse the above posts, and ask all of you to give their content a good deal of thought.Thank you. I am training myself to not react too strongly to opinions I disagree with for this reason (this thread was more of a process thing but we can let it go) and hope to contribute less to the negative tone of discourse this year. I was probably guilty of it too much in the past. I too appreciate your input generally and I think we have agreed plenty in recent weeks.
I have run a less contentious sports blog for years and just chalk it up to the written word just not being an adequate substitution for in-person contact. If we were all at a bar lobbing our views back and forth, I don't think things would feel very contentious at all.
I'd switch "seam" to something else, but that works....Has SOSH come to stand for Squabbling Ornery Seam-Heads?
Seriously folks, the tone and tenor around here needs a serious upgrade, and fast. There are times some biting sarcasm and snark can be both acceptable and effective, but that's very situational and they should not be used because of a simple difference of opinion. Lately, it seems to have become the default, and rather than yell and scream about it, we're just asking that everyone make the effort.