Actually, I’m glad you brought this up.

I dislike it when someone tells me I did a good job when I know it’s not true, so I make it a rule when I talk to only compliment folks on things I think are accurate. I value honesty and sincerity more than most other traits, and I think it’s really important that people know where I stand with them. If I say something about someone, I mean it. There are folks that I do not find bully me in a way that I like, and if I find they don’t, I will find other things to compliment them on. If I tell you you’re good at bullying, I believe it. It has nothing to do with me playing a nerdy fox on the Internet.

If anyone’s ever concerned I’m being disingenuous, please just ask me. I am being honest in my compliments and in my criticisms, always. While I believe there are good things about everyone, not everyone is good at bullying by my subjective opinion, and that’s okay! I suspect I’m not the perfect nerdy li’l fox for everyone who’s ever bullied me either. All we can do in this community is our best, and part of that I think is to be honest with each other when we think something’s wrong or not going in a preferred direction.

I hope I didn’t sound pretentious here. That wasn’t my intention. I’m just a fox with opinions, no better than anyone else.