I'm user fredsbend on SE. I know your SE profiles well because of your vast prevalence there, and I'm sure we've engaged in chat a few times.
I can't say I know what's happening at BH, today or then, but as a high contributor to both main and meta on Christianity SE, I can say it's a common occurrence that minority opinions almost always feel unfairly treated. Mistreatment does happen, but rarely. They are far more often treated fairly. I attribute this to one simple rule for the site: all answers must fit the frame of the question. Answers that don't fit the question frame are usually downvoted and often deleted (which ironically yields complaints of mistreatment and censure also). A minority opinion does get more scrutiny, but that's not unfair. That's a fact of life. So they must be more clearly and vigorously voiced, which is perhaps a nuisance, but not inherently unfair. I would argue that the extra scrutiny allows you a larger platform to defend the minority opinion, just as disputations are meant to do. A minority opinion gaining audience with a majority opinion is a good thing, whether the purpose is to merely listen or dispute. Just letting everything said stand without scrutiny doesn't really help us learn anything, as I think happens on Workplace.
But you being who you are, your SE experience in consideration, I'll take you at your word regarding your experience at BH, and I'm very sorry to hear it. Did you get SE staff involved? In a comment above you mention your account deletion as if it was necessary because certain users were harassing you.
I must say that my few experiences at BH have been okay, though answers have perhaps shown the problem you mention. My usual question there is very textually critical, seeking for interpolations and things like that. Here's one directly addressing your concerns: https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/q/17165/2055
Anyway, I'm sorry you deleted your account. It makes it hard to view your contributions, and at 10K a significant portion of your thoughts are now marked as anonymous. I know SE claims to try to separate users from contributions, but that's just not possible. Reading multiple posts from the same person can give you a synthesis of their ideas, which sometimes adds up to more than their sum. Will you tell me your user number at least?
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I can't say I know what's happening at BH, today or then, but as a high contributor to both main and meta on Christianity SE, I can say it's a common occurrence that minority opinions almost always feel unfairly treated. Mistreatment does happen, but rarely. They are far more often treated fairly. I attribute this to one simple rule for the site: all answers must fit the frame of the question. Answers that don't fit the question frame are usually downvoted and often deleted (which ironically yields complaints of mistreatment and censure also). A minority opinion does get more scrutiny, but that's not unfair. That's a fact of life. So they must be more clearly and vigorously voiced, which is perhaps a nuisance, but not inherently unfair. I would argue that the extra scrutiny allows you a larger platform to defend the minority opinion, just as disputations are meant to do. A minority opinion gaining audience with a majority opinion is a good thing, whether the purpose is to merely listen or dispute. Just letting everything said stand without scrutiny doesn't really help us learn anything, as I think happens on Workplace.
But you being who you are, your SE experience in consideration, I'll take you at your word regarding your experience at BH, and I'm very sorry to hear it. Did you get SE staff involved? In a comment above you mention your account deletion as if it was necessary because certain users were harassing you.
I must say that my few experiences at BH have been okay, though answers have perhaps shown the problem you mention. My usual question there is very textually critical, seeking for interpolations and things like that. Here's one directly addressing your concerns: https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/q/17165/2055
Anyway, I'm sorry you deleted your account. It makes it hard to view your contributions, and at 10K a significant portion of your thoughts are now marked as anonymous. I know SE claims to try to separate users from contributions, but that's just not possible. Reading multiple posts from the same person can give you a synthesis of their ideas, which sometimes adds up to more than their sum. Will you tell me your user number at least?