Several posts in this very long thread struck me as almost apologizing for the reaction folks had to Jessica's posts. Not sure if you guys mean it like that or if I'm misinterpreting you. Please forgive me if I've got all of you wrong. I'd like to circle back and clarify a little. For me, it wasn't the point that Jessica was making that inflamed some of the reaction early in this thread. It was the confrontational choice of her words, repeated more and more emphatically in each of her subsequent posts. At one point, there was also an undertone of what I (personally) took as anti-Americanism, which was amplified in another (overseas?) poster's response. Some of that was subsequently deleted. Like a lot of things, "it's not what you say, it's how you say it."
I give Jessica great credit for having the guts to back off when she realized what had happened (see post #88). From her later posts, it sounds like the initial topic just hit a sore spot with her - probably for the reasons you cite here. She's a skilled artisan with lots of formal training. I love seeing her work. She also has phenomenal english fluency. (That catches my attention because I'm horrible with languages.)
Fred
Last edited by Frederick Skelly; 12-20-2018 at 9:12 AM.
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