In my opinion, if we all tried a little bit to be grown-up, life would be better for all of us. A meet is a real-life situation, and you can't exactly multi-quote or forward a PM if someone's saying nasty things about someone. If someone was saying mean/untrue things about a member at a meet and I was offended, I would imagine a conversation to go as following:
Other people at the meet: Goddd, Claire is such a bitch, I heard she had sex with a sheep. I wish I could give her a slap.
Me: dudes, that's a bit harsh, I'm friends with Claire, and she's really nice, and I know for a fact that she hasn't had sex with sheep
Other people: geez sorry, I'm sure she's nice really. *awkward silence*
*conversation moves onto something less controversial*
People bitch about other people. It happens. We move on. You can't expect the little bubble of RYL where you're protected from nasty people and their expression of freedom of speech to follow you everywhere. By attending a meet you're leaving the safe confines of your computer and taking risks Out In The Real World.
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