My opinions. Some people are trolls that hide behind the security of the internet and therefore, they can say what they want or insult whomever they want with impunity. There is really no recourse for them. No penalty, or pushback. Rudeness resounds in this country (USA) and has for the last 10 years or so. don't get me started. Rude, obnoxious people crawled our from under whatever rocks they were hiding under and decided that it was now okay to insult whomever. Mostly from a very strong sense of entitlement and superiority.
They were never called out for it.
But, if they were to say such things to your face, there very well might be a fight.
Opinions vary, but that is all they are, opinions. Fuses??? what ever makes you happy. Audio Research bashing? that just makes no sense to me.
I have no problem with healthy discussions and even heightened expressions of opinions. I do however have a problem with rude people and bullies. People that refuse to get in line and decide to cut lines, either standing or in traffic. People that insult because you don't follow their viewpoint. Religious, etc. people that try to push others around.
this is a forum about the high end of audio. I also am into restorations of classic cars and I can tell you that the Mopar crowd vs the Corvette Crowd, vs the Porsche crowd??? oh boy. you talk about insults and heated arguments. wow. And they do it to your face.
but it all comes down to basic selfishness in my opinion. Certain people feel that their opinion is the only one that matters and that because they feel they are right, then everyone else must be wrong.
I learned a long, long time ago, that there can be more than one "right". Many people have not cared to learn this valuable lesson.
I had a conversation a few minutes ago with a female friend and she outlined her opinion that if she felt someone was rude to her then they were rude period. I explained that it may be cultural differences and that the person may not be rude at all, but just because you "felt" someone was rude, doesn't mean that they actually were. I couldn't budge her opinion one bit. "Oh no, if I feel that person is rude, then to me they are." Really? I said. What if you were wrong? "how could I be wrong when I felt they were rude?" circular conversation. The example of people from New York came up. How many feel that people from New York are rude. I explained that in my opinion, based on my trips there, no one I met was rude. They were simply always in a constant state of hurry. They had things to do and places to go and didn't have time to sit around chit chatting. waiting for slow people to make up their minds. So, they were trying to rush things along. Some feel they are rude. but to me they weren't. In New York it is considered rude to have eye contact. But in LA, not establishing eye contact makes you weak, rude and definitely a target. Different place, different attitudes.
I believe in respect. Rude people, especially children should be set straight. otherwise they feel that it is okay to do or say whatever. parents that let their children act out in public, well, I understand whey children grow up being rude. Well, it is not okay and they should be called out for it. However, one first has to be very, very clear as to whether that person is rude.
I have seen many examples here of extremely rude people participating in forums. No way would they have the same conversation face to face.
In closing, if you see rude, call them out on it.
Healthy disagreements are one thing. Rudeness quite the other.
But I'll tell you one thing. I've disagreed with people about high end equipment. But, when you put us in the same room doing A/B comparisons for that equipment, we ultimately hear the same things and agree.
enjoy
