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<blockquote data-quote="Weasel" data-source="post: 470192" data-attributes="member: 9520">I'm not even going to argue with this, as I fully agree, but I do want to add some nuance to this. Mainly because I fully get the frustration that [USER=85431]@Blackburn[/USER] showed in his message. It's something I have a lot of issues with, too. To be clear: this isn't about [USER=74752]@Bran[/USER]. He's indeed, just asking questions.Anti-vaxxers are everywhere when it comes to online presence. You can't open social media without seeing anti-vax stuff around (inb4 &quot;that's why I don't go on social media&quot; comments, I don't care, this isn't about you). Here in the Netherlands, and for sure many other countries, even political parties push fake news and anti-vax sentiment to rial people up. A huge part of this anti-vax group constantly shows signs that they think they are superior to the &quot;sheep&quot; who &quot;follow the government&quot;. There's literally no way to even have a normal discussion with those people, without them grasping to nonsense comments, insults, or remarks to show how much better they think they are.&nbsp; So when it comes to those just asking questions (and I get that Blackburn misinterpreted Bran's &quot;a bit sus&quot; as being anti-vax), the willingness to remain calm becomes much harder to keep - because of the frustration about those people (those people as in, the die-hard conspiracy anti-vaxxers) has been building up for 1.5 years.I'm not saying this is an excuse because I fully agree with you Mace that what you said, is 100% more effective, but do remember we are all human.&nbsp; And sometimes, frustrations can take over. Just to add a bit of nuance here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Weasel, post: 470192, member: 9520"] I'm not even going to argue with this, as I fully agree, but I do want to add some nuance to this. Mainly because I fully get the frustration that [USER=85431]@Blackburn[/USER] showed in his message. It's something I have a lot of issues with, too. To be clear: this isn't about [USER=74752]@Bran[/USER]. He's indeed, just asking questions. Anti-vaxxers are everywhere when it comes to online presence. You can't open social media without seeing anti-vax stuff around (inb4 "that's why I don't go on social media" comments, I don't care, this isn't about you). Here in the Netherlands, and for sure many other countries, even political parties push fake news and anti-vax sentiment to rial people up. A huge part of this anti-vax group constantly shows signs that they think they are superior to the "sheep" who "follow the government". There's literally no way to even have a normal discussion with those people, without them grasping to nonsense comments, insults, or remarks to show how much better they think they are. So when it comes to those just asking questions (and I get that Blackburn misinterpreted Bran's "a bit sus" as being anti-vax), the willingness to remain calm becomes much harder to keep - because of the frustration about those people (those people as in, the die-hard conspiracy anti-vaxxers) has been building up for 1.5 years. I'm not saying this is an excuse because I fully agree with you Mace that what you said, is 100% more effective, but do remember we are all human. And sometimes, frustrations can take over. Just to add a bit of nuance here. [/QUOTE]

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