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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
Sometimes it is just playing the dozens and "joining'". Most of us don't really have any ill will or negativity against other organizations. How people feel about individual members is their business.
Idunno. You say "almost never" but I think it's moreso passive aggressiveness on many of you all's parts. I read threads on GC and wish that people would sometimes just say what they mean and mean what they say. Afterall, the Private Message Culture on GC is active and some of you all are saying stuff off the board. But, some of you obviously try way too hard to play nice on the boards so people can think highly of you and your org and/or a thread won't get closed. Then we have "those" threads that people call trainwrecks because the NPC and IFC(?) orgs are going at it in some way--over ranking or however you all dress it up.
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Oh, I'm not saying NPC members always just LOOOOVE all the other groups - but it is an unwritten understanding that you don't badmouth another group. Maybe that's what you mean by trying too hard to play nice. I like to think it is just politeness. When the chips are down, we are all NPC. It's kinda like your family - you may talk about your cousin, but God help the outsider who does. And some NPC groups do have more of a bond with some other groups - Syracuse Triad, Monmouth Duo, Longwood Four, Macon Magnolias - that may approximate what has been said about the D9 closeness.
Pming is just that - PRIVATE messaging. It's true we don't want to say anything that might make our GLO look bad, but I think it fair to say that most of us have no problem letting our true feelings be known. The understanding seems to be you just don't air your dirty laundry. But when an issue arises like the Delta Zeta incident at DePauw there will be a discussion that will include criticism.
IFC-type orgs are TOTALLY different (as you know). They bash each other right and left, on-line, on-campus, you name it. I can't tell you the whys and wherefores.
I think that those of us who have had more of a national look at our orgs may recognize that there are some general stereotypes out there, but we fight them because the fact is that every chapter is TOTALLY different. (And let's not even discuss the regional bias that some have!
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