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In Reply to: Tabloid journalism posted by Acheick on September 15, 2003 at 07:08:27:
If it felt like a tabloid, that may be due to the drama that some people invariably bring to communication patterns. As I read through recent posts, I vacillated between thinking: "well, that's just so-and-so's personal style, it's a cultural thing" to "geez, this feels a lot like an alcoholic family. Folks seem to go off on these emotional benders."
The dynamic energy in recent posts may be recreation of what we learned in TF, where something "even more revolutionary" (e.g., outrageous) is always happening. Whoever the mysterious Angelo is, he sure knows how to stir up s**t.
At least one of us has been scapegoated, while others feel vindicated and perhaps a little superior, then there's folks (like me) who fade out and stay away from the fracas, while others make witty remarks and try to get us to laugh at our silliness.
Did I cover all the dysfunctional family roles? Lets see: There's the hero (is always right, feels vindicated), the scapegoat (the problem child, a focus for our collective anger), the mascot (makes us laugh), and the lost child (hides, stays on the sidelines).
