I understand what you are saying, and I agree that people can get confused and upset over something that was a misunderstanding, but when someone negative reps you and INTENTIONALLY baits you by saying "BTW, you should see what so and so had to say about you in a PM" then THAT is DEFINITELY baiting someone, am I correct??
I don't intentionally set out thinking the worst of people, I accept EVERYONE here, until you give me reasons not to! And even then I try to be the bigger person and let things slide, until I just cannot take it anymore.
When someone continuously leaves vague insulting comments in certain threads, what do you expect?
I left it alone for a bit, then one by one, people were noticing, pming me, and brought more attention to the fact that I wasn't saying anything to you, but yet there you were making those silly comments all the time.
Perhaps the saddest part is that I wasn't the only one who thought Bacon and Peter were overreacting, even mentioned so, and yet, there you and Deb were coming at just myself for whatever I opposed.
After realizing there was more behind the scenes with Bacon and what not, I made the apology thread. Then after you and Deb pos rep me, the silly taunting starts up again. I didn't understand that junk at all. At that point, it was not myself baiting anyone, since I specifially made a thread explaining myself. Instead, what I said was all forgotten about, the insinuations ensued and escalated into crazy assumptions.
/my explanation