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Kad said: "I'm baffled that Smaxie was even quoted in her post- for merely providing factual information. Smaxie is one of the nicest, most knowledgeable posters here. I've never seen him post an unkind word, but his posts are always informative and well-reasoned."

I think the Smaxie comment was only there to provide context for the posts above/below it, not for being negative.

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haterobics said: "Kad said: "I'm baffled that Smaxie was even quoted in her post- for merely providing factual information. Smaxie is one of the nicest, most knowledgeable posters here. I've never seen him post an unkind word, but his posts are always informative and well-reasoned."

I think the Smaxie comment was only there to provide context for the posts above/below it, not for being negative."

I have no doubt that's the case- but when every other instance of specific names being used is an indictment of behavior, throwing in an uninvolved party looks like implicit guilt by association.

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I saw Goody Smaxie with the devil!

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I'm listening to Bring It On right now to honor her!

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Pootie2 wrote: While my ignore list is full of trolls I've blocked on this forum, the worst thing that can happen to a community board is the chilling effect. Keep that in mind, Rob/mod.

the #shroudofmurin

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She who retweets AnnoyingActorFriend has NO RIGHT to delineate snark levels and call one side of it acceptable.  Every retweet is culpability, Patti.

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Strong women don't send mixed messages.

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gypsy101 said: "I came forward to her on Twitter and all she did is call me rude lol"

Her response to you actually perfectly summed up her attitude. Her issue isn't that you said it, it's that you tagged her in it--hence her seeing no irony in insulting everyone here behind their backs.

PS OT, but Namo, your avatar image is larger than your posts.

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well although I'd never heard of her before this evening, I'd like to thank Patti Murin for making us all aware that people on the Internet can be meanies and we need to remove every website where rudeness occurs.

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I actually went back and read the blog- I skimmed it before because, lord, the last thing I need to read is another outraged essay on the Internet- and it's really amazing how she paints this board with such a broadly negative brush. Like it's 4chan or something.

But for these boards to exist on a website like BWW, one that is all about the joy and love and passion and artistry of theatre, is a direct contradiction of everything they stand for. They love and support actors and directors and creators and designers and dressers and  box office staff and ushers and the awesome people who stand in Times Square when it’s 20 degrees outside passing out flyers for shows. So I want to know why they would willingly cultivate a cesspool of ignorance and negativity?

Patti, girl: who do you think the members here are?

They're the ones who sit on rush lines and crowd at lotteries. They're the ones who performed in school shows.  Many of them work for theatres, maybe ones you have worked for, too. Or they work for your unions, as your house staff, or in your box offices. They're the ones who wait with bated breath to hear about a new show in previews. They're the ones who are excited that a show like She Lives Me is revived. They have seen all the great divas, all the Golden Age shows. They're the ones who trek to New York from Missouri or California or overseas. They know all the lyrics. They know who the understudies and swings are. And, girl, they know who you are.

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You don't understand!  What she does is fine.  What other people do is NOT.

She enjoys "light snark".  Enjoys it.  But these boards MUST BE SEPARATED FROM BRODWAYWORLD.

Clearly, she doesn't understand if you break up Daisy and Violet there's no sideshow.  

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People just want to engage.  It is hard when you don't live anywhere near NYC and love the theater to have much to add to  a lot of the discussions.   It is tough because one wants to,.. more so because of the connection with other theater fans and lovers.  At least for me I think that is what was at the core of my bitchiness and snakiness.  It was a easy way to engage.  And I say easy.. not right.   These days I pretty much stick to the OT board and  just spar back and forth with veterans that I have known here a long time.   And even at that.. most of the time just prefer reading the back and forth.  Also.. I think most people are smart enough to know how to navigate thru these boards...  If it is not for you.. just don't click on it.  

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You BITCH!  How dare you?

That was for Dame AND PRS