I wrote to a few of them to give them the back story on the poster they were attacking thinking that might smooth their feathers, and they wrote back with intense justifications for firing with all cannons because they felt offended. "That's no excuse!"
You know how there are some people who communicate differently, and at first it might be upsetting, until you realize there is a really good reason they communicate differently?
Like if someone is using a second or third language they might have awkward word choices that sometimes come across badly? Or if they are dyslexic and their spelling can make their posts virtually unreadable? Well ... it was kinda like that.
I'm a little sensitive about other people struggling with those things here on the Internet or in other public places for a couple of reasons. One is that I didn't learn how to read until quite late in life, and had a really hard time feeling "welcome" on the Internet because I know my writing is flawed and I still read VERY slowly because it's a lot of work for me so I can't always keep up and don't want to drag everyone down. Another is that I've lived in countries where English is not the primary language and was more or less dependent on other people working pretty hard to help me communicate, so I feel I owe the Universe on that score. And another reason is that now I have vision trouble, so often can't see things to read them and then I make odd replies because I missed something obvious to everyone else.
So I feel compelled to help in in those situations.
