How Would You Define an Inflammatory Post

Agreed.

There is no point in having a discussion when people are making character attacks, appealing to credibility, making inflammatory personal attacks. They do not belong in a proper discussion, appealing to popular belief. It's not about "who am I for saying this". It is just how how discussions work, and has nothing to do with who I am or who you are. It is just not possible. You cannot get anywhere in a discussion like this. It only goes in circles. It is not practical, and it does not move a discussion forward.
If you abide by a subjective apporoach, the discussion will move in circles. It is as simple as that.

It is completely in everybody's right to abide by subjective illogical measures in their posts. What should not be tolerated is the inflammatory remarks and the trolls.

There are very few exceptions in this thread alone that do not abide by close minded mob mentality and trolling. It seems to much to ask that you approach the discussion without trolling, mobbing, and commending people for inflammatory comments.

There is a difference between humor and caustic inflammatory attacks.
These attacks are childish. Reporting them is not.

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Whereas I concluded that person stepped in my psychedelic mushroom incubator, and I demand compensation.

Impressive.

However, you failed to illustrate the steps in your parable with relevant pictures. You have set a high standard with this method of instruction and I find myself disappointed when your posts lack the nice pictures.

And getting deeper....
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I have approached all of my responses to you respectfully, even though I disagree with you wildly. Am I lumped in with the group think? Just checking.

It's no more illogical than your own position, Pleasure. Tolerance goes both ways. Some people are ascerbic. Some are lacking in good logic or critical thinking skills. Some aren't gifted with tact. They are who they are and are no more obligated to conform to your expectations than you are to conform to theirs.

You made the comment that this is not preschool and I agree. Adults should be able to ignore the things they don't like and let it bounce off them without having to call for a playground monitor. By making the discussion about the manner in which other people post rather than about the intelligent subjects you'd like to talk about, you're part of the problem, not the solution. For every post on this forum you might think is inappropriate there are probably ten from people complaining about it.

Given that complaints aren't going to magically make people develop self control, logic should tell you that complaining isn't productive. It only serves to polarize people more. We all come from different cultures, social styles, and comfort levels. I think everyone deserves my respect, not just the ones who think just like I do. Part of being respectful is being tolerant of things that don't conform to my personal social idiom. If logic in service of productive discourse is your goal then it seems to me that logic dictates the most productive stance regarding the manners of other posters is neutrality. When you stop the discussion to chastise people you become equally guilty of hindering it from moving forward. We end up with threads like this... talking about the discussion instead of having it.

Of course you are, you're being illogical and stepping outside of the rigid worldview that he has set up for himself.

edit: this is like a kid who spent his formulative years in his room, reading logic books, and upon entering high school, when confronted with human situations that don't agree with his rigid worldset, clamps his hands over his ears and screams "IM NOT LISTENING! IM NOT LISTENING! TEACHER, THEY ARE BEING VERY ILLOGICAL! IM NOT LISTENING!"

On the plus side, this thread has given me 3 people to add to my ignore list.

LF

You could have gave a damn warning, lol.

Oh, and to answer the question posed by the thread title... it's not my place to define what an inflammatory post is. It's purely subjective and I can only speak for myself.

The issue is NOT you reporting the post, I would say that some of them deserved to be reported, but by posting you are reporting is not doing anyone any good. Don't read posts that are just attacks, just ignore people that are known for attacking other, reports the bad posts, but you don't need to announce that you reported the posts to the thread. All that will do is derail the thread even more. There are many examples of very long threads that I would argue that need no reported posts within them. Sometimes topics will grow and changed based on points that are brought up by other posters, and the topic starter is just that, a starting point. Don't assume that everyoine is the same, you have only been here a short time, you have not seen the true colors of most people.

Of course. You yourself have commended trolls for trollish posting. It's all group think mob mentality. ee a troll post, and give them a high five for it. It seems too difficult for people on this forum to behave like adults, and participate in discussion without retorting with inflammatory tantrums.
The only reason trolls are posting obnscene images, profianity, name calling, sarcastic remarks, insults, and commending eachother for it is because they do not know what it means to be a responsible adult having a decent discussion. It is their way of throwing a tantrum. It's no different from kicking and screaming. Instead of crying and kicking, they post snide comments, abusive images to insult me, and believe what they are doing is mature behavior.

I only see one person having a tantrum here

Alright, glad to know you have written off my statements as group think. I won't bother responding to you in the future, as it is a complete and utter waste of time. I took the time to express my views to you, and you just dismissed them. How is it that what you have to say is some deep individual thought, but mine is group think? That is insulting, and I would add, a personal attack.

No Chip, you can only speak for the group collective. Apparently, we are not allowed to have individual thought. Duh!

Oh, right. Silly me! *falls into lockstep with the mob*

I see lots of tantrums here. Trolling and abusive remarks are nothing but tantrums as I have stated. It is childish behavior, and shows that these forums are not about mature discussion. People disagree with opinions, and take it upon themselves to respond with their own tantrums. Including yourself. Your comment alone about "I only see one erson having a tantrum here" is nothing more than a tantrum. It's just another sarcastic remark as a tantrum.

Good Lord, you've just created the endless loop of idiocy. I hope you know what you're doing, waving that thing around.

Again this is the same thing. Tantrum in the form of an inflammatory remark.

Yep, apparently speaking about tantrums is a tantrum. This all seems so much like fight club. But we can't talk about it.

I have a feeling Pleasure knows exactly what they are doing. Seen it before, its a sad attempt to cry foul when all he/she is really doing is trying to incite yet another forum bashing.

Are you sure you want to call that a tantrum? Methinks you're looking at a Honda Civic and calling it a luxury automobile, miss priss.

You apparently are ignorant to the definition of a tantrum. There was no extended emotional outburst. None of the things you have defined as tantrums match the definition at all. Sarcastic, yes? Tantrums, no.

Again, another tantrum. It is all mob mentality and tantrums.
That is what I see in this forum.

Nobody said that speaking about tantrums is a tantrum.
What is a tantrum are the abusive remarks that people make in response to a comment instead of stating their agreement or disagreement.