First, it is good to remember that VESMB is a forum for voiceless people. My reptilian brain tells me that the name VESMB, rats us active participants out. So given the nature and purpose of the board, shouldn't we be prepared to accept at least the possibility that manifest behaviors here may range anywhere from 'normal' to everything in between, up to, and including psychoses?
Now, let's use some plus or minus percentages here. Let's say that the general population is split roughly 50% 'feelers' and 50% thinkers. Then let's say that 65% of thinkers are men and 65% of women are feelers. Then lets say that the active participants on the board are mainly women...say 99.92%.
It brings you right back to roughly a 65% figure, meaning that 65% of what is said on the board has been delivered through the psyche of a 'feeling' person, whose decisions are made subjectively based on their personal values and desire for harmony. The 35% remaining participants are 'thinkers' who look at problems objectively. They use cause/effect and logic to bring about clarity, clearness, lucidity.
That said, 'feelers' will ALWAYS prefer to operate from their subjective self. 'Thinkers' will ALWAYS prefer to work from their objective self. When broad (pun intended) sweeping brawls break out on the board there will never be resolution unless or until all participants learn to function between the two types (feelers - subjective and /thinkers - objective) with fluidity, i.e., accepting each others differences and recognizing that one type is not superior to the other. Doing it the brawl way is counter productive. So whether you're a fuzzy brained 'feeler' toad or an unthawed 'thinker' toad, we all share the same puddle.
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