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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
I completely disagree
I completely disagree as well. There have been people that have gone at each other in OT but on the horse racing side they are helping each other out.
Let me give you something to think about.
People will carry into the horse racing section WHATEVER IS GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES at the moment, good or bad.
Do you think the nonstop bashing of certain racing personalities or certain horse racing venues or certain jockeys or certain poor rides or certain announcers has ANYTHING to do with grudges being carried over from OFF TOPIC?
99% of the time I would say that it does NOT.
And yet, that kind of stuff is the stuff a LOT of people complain about...it's the kind of stuff that has caused certain people to stop posting. And it has nothing to do with grudges carrying over from off topic.
What happens in OT is the LEAST of my worries when it comes to the quality of the racing topics.
It's a total straw man as far as I'm concerned, at least as it pertains to the topic of this thread.
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I think the OT here is awesome. I do understand how "nonstop bashing" gets tiresome in our horse discussions for everyone it seems but the OP and a detractor. I agree with PA here about any OT grudges comming into it.
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Originally Posted by kingfin66
I think it is the hostile tone that carries over from OT to Racing. It is all one website. If there is an air of hostility in one part of the website, it will carry over to the other sections. OT is, in a sense, giving people permission to have the hostile tone. Perhaps people are not even aware of how hostile their tone is? There have times when I have posted things and then read them back and wondered what I was thinking.
This is an interesting discussion. Thanks for having it, but please be open-minded. None of the current concerns are really anything new are they they?
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No. The tone in OT seems always ready to explode. It's expected like a pressure cooker on the stove and my mom is cooking. No one is minding the stove and the pot can explode any time! Everyone seems happy not to carry the mess into the horse side.
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Originally Posted by HalvOnHorseracing
I don't know. I'm sure there have been some personal confrontations in OT where I am sure people have formed negative opinions about others, and those opinions may carry over. I don't know that there is clear evidence. Just speculating.
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IDK either Halv. For my part I won't post into the basher type topics again. I wil also try to mind my own 'stove' and relieve some pressure instead of building it up. Wish me luck.
