It seems to me that over the last few years that instead of getting on the air and going to club meetings and such, the thing "to do" is to get on a reflector of some kind and flame or degrade each other. Why is that?
Stupidity, and nothing else.
No one is better than anyone else; we're just different in how we approach things. Of course we won't disagree on everything, or maybe much of anything. But I'm tired of seeing posts that basically say that people are morons or worse. It may also be that one person has wronged another, but you sure don't take that dirty laundry to the email reflectors and face-to-face encounters at meetings. But people are doing it. Sheer stupidity.
Haven't we realized that other people besides hams and weather enthusiasts might be reading these posts? The average Internet user can read these things too. I'll bet a lot of them are saying, "Sheesh, I don't to hang around those guys; no wonder no one wants to get into their hobby."
Sadly, they're right in saying that and we aren't doing anything to change that. As long as this kind of thing continues, we will not look good in the general public's eyes...literally. We need to do something about that.
And it starts with using kind words toward everyone. As our parents have often told us when we were (much) younger: If you can't say something nice toward another person, don't say anything at all.
And in this day and age, that advice rings true more than ever.
WR1TX
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