Robin Fawcett Negatively Judging Hostility

Under the pseudonym Dmytro Poremskyi, Robin Fawcett wrote to John Bateman on Sysfling on 18 August at 3:14am:

One certainly cannot but agree with Lise in that this environment should not be hostile. I believe that the whole X-Bar thread (opening with your question marks) should have been taken off list right from the start (at the very least).

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Here Fawcett is attempting to shift blame from himself to Bateman. For Fawcett's hostility 'in this environment', see his multiple ad hominem attacks on Bateman at:

Robin Fawcett Negatively Judging John Bateman

Although Fawcett can conceal his name, he lacks the self-knowledge to conceal his characteristic brazen hypocrisy. See:

Robin Fawcett Negatively Appreciating Halliday And Matthiessen (2004)

Robin Fawcett Negatively Judging And Negatively Appreciating Halliday And Matthiessen (1999)

Lise Fontaine Negatively Judging Bateman & Robin

Lise Fontaine wrote to Sysfling on 18 August 2023 at 2:30am:

I would like to kindly remind you all that this list has hundreds of people on it and exchanges like this are the main reason why people don't like to post questions to the list. These exchanges are not furthering our understanding and if you want to continue your 'display' tactics, maybe do it on your own time. This line of 'argumentation' (whatever) is not helpful to this community. It's easy to just delete messages but the silent majority will simply not feel that they can take part in the community. What is this list for??

I think there was some discussion at an AGM not too long ago about principles of communication within our community. Can we stop and think whether our messages are inclusive, kind, clear, etc?

I know I'm not the moderator any longer but this is really tiring.

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With regard to Fontaine's one positive judgement, and her own behaviour in this respect, see

Lise Fontaine Personally Attacking Her Paper's Reviewer

Robin Fawcett Negatively Judging John Bateman

Under the pseudonym Dmytro Poremskyi, Robin Fawcett replied to John Bateman on Sysfling on 18 August 2023 at 2:24am:

I guess keeping your temper in line is mission impossible for you, which probably explains why you resort to your powerful discursive strategies (LOL!), but I will try to reason with you nonetheless …

That's typical of people with anger management issues – they are usually 'not sure' about what they do wrong, even after being told by colleagues that their tone of voice is inappropriate. By the by, that quote above is a textbook example of passive aggressiveness, but I guess you're equally 'not sure' of that. Perhaps there are anger management people in Bremen who can help. …

Blogger Comments:

Although Fawcett can conceal his name, he cannot conceal the tenor of his emails when challenged. Bateman, on the other hand, was unaware that his interlocutor was Fawcett, and had treated him like any other underling who challenged his self-assigned status as primary knower.