I like flushy, i think he can be very funny, however i also think he can be plain rude and ignorant, a couple of his posts in the airport bombing thread where just that.
I'm refering to his answers and comments to Geo and his relative where she expressed her pain after a friend had died in a terrorist related incident and that she didn't appreciate his rudeness and flipantness and his responce was- 'welcome to blonde'.
It struck me at the time as ultra insensative, and it seemed to be a comment playing to his fan base and not showing any feeling at all. This is just one of a few recent comments and it's got to the stage where he will hurt the newer members of blonde and stop people posting, this in turn affects the majority.
I've enjoyed being a blonde for a couple of years and have made lots of new friends, recently i have found blonde to be less enjoyable- it would be a shame if others felt the same and stopped posting.
So possibly flying in the face of popularity i support the ban, what i would rather see tho is James taking a step back and actually re-reading some of his comments and if he feels they are still what he feels and would express again- maybe he should question himself too?
There is a certain awkwardness to posting this especially as he can't answer for himself (he'd probably reply- 'standard' lol) however it's something that affects us all and is probably best discussed.
I dont want to upset anyone, i just want to come on here, read, reply and enjoy Blonde again.
James hope to see you back on here soon, your a great asset and a great guy- Please just tone it down mate and bring back the old flushie.
Matt.
Good post and to be perfectly honest we did not really feel threatened by Flushy, merely thought some of his posts were indeed insensitive.
I deliberately left the thread when that idiot came on spouting so much nonsense and am not surprised in the least that Flushy lost it with him. If I had stayed on the thread I would probably be joining James in the BB house to be honest.
Over the last couple of days I went over what Fearisthekey had said about a possible misinterpretation of Flushy's "doesn't concern me" comment, meaning that what he was implying was that the fact that this looked like an amatuerish attempt it caused him no concern. However i could not revist as the post had been removed.
In hindsight I may well have asked for a better explanation and for that I apologise. I too have enjoyed so much of Flushy's input to the forum. On the say something nice about Flushy thread, my comment was something like - Honest, irritatingly at times, but honest.
It is such a pity that Flushy himself rose to the bait in the way he occaisionally tries to get others to do.
Thanks to the Mods for the lifetime ban on the other guy, I don't know him and he was not helping my cause any and as I said previously was the reason I left the thread.
I, like many on Blonde, Look forward to Flushy's return.
Geo
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