Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33686221-20170725185133/@comment-24675428-20170725215017

Okay being actually serious here, and respecting both your opinions and statements as much as possible, with no intention of starting an arguement, I will state this solely for your educational purposes on why people presume you are upset:

The statement "I would appreciate it if you didn't put words into my mouth, Raven" appears to have a tinge of negative response to it becuase you specifically call out Raven for putting words in your mouth, and becuase the phrase "I would appreciate it" in this specific scenario carries a negative connotation with it becuase you are essentially demanding respect from Raven, although you make your request tactfully. This specific issue is done well and while it does appear you are upset, it is not spiteful or unjust. It does, however, convey that you do not like Raven's comment.

The larger reason I presume people, and in this case myself, make the conclusion that you were salty or angsty or whatever adjective you like to use is that you made a response that contrasts Raven's so much. As far as I can tell, Raven was simply making an assumption on how people would feel about my suggestion based on the responses Raven had seen from other users about similar topics, and thier own feelings. While Raven does appear to speak for everyone, which normally does not turn out well, Raven uses a tone of informality that suggests thier comment is up for discussion and is not stating that thier word is spoken like 100% the truth. In any case, Raven was simply providing criticism to my suggestion in a way that was not angry or angsty in any way, and becuase the central arguement laying behind the response was essentially self motivation, pride, ego, and in general selfish things people typically do not wish to claim they have, I came to the conclusion that the reason Raven claims to be speaking for everyone is to say these negative motivations are not neccissarily thier own, and to "hide" behind the masses, although I don't see anything cowardly about it and honestly understand that people want a shiny tag becuase it looks cool. Nothin wrong with being motivated by "selfish" reasons. I don't it is really an offense at all.

The issue is you made Raven's response personal. Raven was not intending to claim EVERYONE thinks the way they do, simply make a general statement as to why people may not like my suggestion. Raven was not calling you out on anything, but you read the comment and you appeared to immediately take it to mean that Raven was putting words in YOUR mouth specifically. As far as I can tell, Raven had no intent to harm anyone by commenting, or cause any negative consequences, but the way you interpreted the comment does not reflect that. As far as I can tell, everyone who read the comment and posted, save you, sees Raven's comment the way I do. So the assumption I made, and the one I presume everyone else mad, was that you took the message personally when it was not meant to offend you or anyone for that matter, and that is where the percieved "angst" comes from.

Sorry for the wall of text but I don't want to offend anyone