$2000 posts? Hypocrisy, Hypocrisy everywhere…@haejin @berniesanders

Hypocrisy, Hypocrisy everywhere…

HYPOCRISY: plural hypocrisies

1: a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not : behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel ; especially : the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion.

I have no desire to side with either party in the dispute between @berniesanders and @haejin as I am more about the platform. That said, I find it very hard to stand behind @berniesanders carrying the sword of rebellion against @ranchorelaxo for upvoting @haejin, giving him ridiculous earnings, taking away from the community etc, when he receives equally ridiculous earnings for his own posts.

Looking at it from a purely objective standpoint, repeatedly posting the same complaint over and over and collecting high payouts is more akin to spam raping the rewards pool than @haejin posting useful or not articles related to technical analysis.

Trying to keep my objectivity I just cannot find the usefulness in reposting the same complaint each day, as it seems to be gaming the system to regurgitate the same post each day to receive high payouts? It also does not bring any new content or perspective to the table regarding the issue at hand.

I’m just trying to clarify what is or is not rape of the rewards pool? No need to flag or down vote as I have no dog in the fight and as a lower level STEEMIAN am trying to figure all this out. Where exactly do we draw the line?

I even went so far as to add them up to gain some perspective on the issue…

$2046.28 SD or roughly $11,000 USD according to http://steem.supply/@berniesanders

Which is equal +/- $100 to the last 13 posts made by @haejin (at the time of this writing).

I also find it somewhat difficult to jump on the bus with someone when they default to hostility over diplomacy. For example yesterday evening @ranchorelaxo made his second post:

https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@ranchorelaxo/help-create-a-clear-and-simple-tutorial-for-buying-bitcoin-or-cryptos-in-the-usa

This is big news, the mystery whale speaks. Maybe this is his way of introducing himself to the community or opening the doorway for communication. This could be an opportunity to open dialogue in regards to his rewards habits and fix the issue at the source. However the first response he receives, on the post is:

He received an equally warm welcome on his first post here:

https://steemit.com/crypto/@ranchorelaxo/crypto-mind-map-work-in-progress

If I were @ranchorelaxo, a couple warm introductions like that on my first postings certainly would not dissuade me from doing what I have been doing, and in all likelihood would just piss me off and I would do it more to flex my muscles and/or prove a point. I always have an analogy to add and the one that best fits the lack of diplomacy thus far displayed is that "You get more bees with honey, than you do with vinegar".

I'm not on either side, and I think the rewards payouts for both @berniesanders and @haijin are ridiculous. I did; however, look through most of @haejins posts that last two months and he has never really made it personal, name called, or acted in a way that I find offensive. I think his repetitive posting in conjunction with his reward payout is a bit over the top and abusive (my opinion), but I don't see him cursing anyone or attacking them personally. He did make a stupid post asking for more after receiving all that he has, which I found to be ungrateful, but other than that I don't really have any ammunition in regards to his personality traits to load up and throw his way. If I'm wrong and he had made personal attacks, then please post it below so as I may apologize and make a correction to this article.

This whole thing actually concerns me on a far deeper level now; as I must consider what happens if I find success here? What happens if for some reason through my writing ability a whale starts up voting my posts? Would that by default make me "a piece of shit" and subject to lynching by the community? I think this whole issue is actually making me second guess my efforts here.

Assessing it objectively the hatred is such due to simple human greed over money that I have to wonder if success here would even be worth the price in terms of public ridicule, being voted down etc. just for doing what I have been doing all along and getting noticed? I know I can write, am intelligent, have a wide range of experience in different fields and that there is no reason I could not be successful here. That said would it be worth it to have to defend myself? Would I want high earning posts that scream nothing but hatred, bitterness and jealousy towards me floating around the site tearing down what I have worked so tirelessly to build?

I would hope that diplomacy would be the first option, that anyone with a problem would simply comment so we could discuss the issue, or I could then give them my real world contact info and we could hash is out like business professionals before tearing down each others efforts here. I would never want to be the catalyst to infighting, or having two large groups of people sling hatred back and forth. But I don't know if diplomacy is an option here as I don't see much of it being applied as people seem to default into hate mode and go about attacking each other. It's actually kinda sad when you think about it.

This article is not intended to be for or against either side, I'm just looking at it objectively and sharing my thoughts on the issue. I'm just the little guy here trying to make it, but as a former United States Marine I always try to lead by example and conduct myself in a way that others can look up too.

Any comments for or against anything I have written please post below and we can discuss them without tearing each other down.

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