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Originally Posted by j.p.s
Nothing has been proved, but I am satisfied that the original gaffe was innocent enough and that the real problem is the failure of the OP to take the complaints to heart
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I see that differently. What I see the real problem as, is a thread about print books vs. audio books was grabbed by the throat and drug into an argument about terminology describing men and women. Starting a sentence with "Men" may have seemed slightly unusual to many of us, but that does not mean it was intentionally offensive. But that is exactly what some tried to make it out as. Therein lies the problem IMHO. Regarding the O.P., it is perfectly natural to try and defend oneself after an attack out of the blue like that. And then we see attacks on top of the attacks for trying to put up a defense. Calling the attempt at defense "the problem".
When I said earlier that this was a fierce forum, this is the exact type of behavior that I was talking about. I swear, there must be some people sitting around here who read a post with the intention,
"Is there some way I can present what was just said as a direct offense against myself?" With that type of thinking, they usually do indeed find a way.