Here's another one and it's actually to do with Mumsnet. When people make a serious statement that someone is being abused and if you question them, they tell you to RTFT and you have, they say it is in the posts. You ask for an example, they cannot give one (because they outright lied) and they say they don't want to discuss it with you. FFS, what is with people not having the honour and the guts to follow through a discussion and show proof of their insinuations? Do they think we can't see that they have just outed themselves as lying cowards? The stubborn 'I refuse to engage with you' is classic for someone who made up a lie then called on it and cannot show the evidence. If you aren't interested in a discussion, piss off. Stop wasting other people's time by making insinuations that aren't proven and saying you don't want to engage as an 'out'. Stop lying or follow through. This site is for discussion, so don't wiggle out when you are called out on your bs.
Same goes for those that say for example, that there are 'indicators' of a 'funeral procession yet when those 'indicators' are shown to be commonplace driving practices, the poster refuses to answer, just makes snide comments about posters being unpleasant, being petty (because they pointed out that one indicator is ordinary driving) and refuses to address any point. Engage in any discussion. It's not very mature, is it?
Maybe there is something wrong with me, but I have always entered discussions on here in good faith. I take posting on here seriously. I've always been honest, clarified if asked, and provided examples or proof if asked. And I, wrongly, believed other posters also posted in good faith and would be honest. Not play games, deflect, refuse to address any points, and just take their ball and run away. These people are time-wasters, and it is actually a form of trolling. That's the thing, if you aren't genuinely interested in discussion in good faith in open and honest dialogue, you are, by netiquette terms, considered a troll. I am sick of my time being wasted to engage with people who refuse to post in good faith and make baseless accusations and insinuations that they cannot back up, so pout and refuse to 'engage'. So, yes, goady trolls who lie and refuse to back anything up when called on it, can 'fuck off'. 