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Originally Posted by Matty81
Most of us who have been here a long time aren't easily worked up, but I just don't like the negative pile on when it's clearly a younger poster who is a bit more emotional - they get held to a high standard and picked apart sometimes if they have the gall to keep posting contrasting views.
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Not sure if you are talking about me or not, but what I tend to jump on is not contrasting views, but rather when views are expressed as facts, facts are manipulated, or things are said that simply are not true. This includes misrepresenting what other posters have said. And it probably annoys me more than ever because of how much of an issue manipulating facts and leaning into conjecture over evidence is everywhere right now, including within much more important discussions than hockey. But it's the same issue. The erosion of facts. Incorrect things get said as facts and that becomes a weird manipulated version of the truth that people think is correct.
We can debate opinions. But we should be able to agree on facts. Sadly though that's become really hard in this world now.
And I get annoyed where posters are in a rush to criticize instead of understanding.
A good example is the recent scratching of Bru and the "classic Huska" posts. instead of wondering why he was being scratched (for which there was a perfectly reasonable and valid reason) there is a rush to criticize Huska.
People can fly off the handle, vent, and do all those things. But there seems to be a great deal of confusion over what is opinion and what is fact. And ultimately I value evidenced based debate. People can hold any opinion, but part of debate is then being challenged on the evidence of it.
I think one of the posters you are likely talking about is in their 20s. This ain't some kid.