User blog comment:Ildsjel/An Open Letter/@comment-38884057-20190818193540

Sadly, after taking into careful consideration the responses I received from my blog and a multitude of other factors, I’ve made the decision to step down from my position as an administrator and leave DARP for good. For the sake of my mental health, I cannot continue to take part in a “community” where I don’t feel comfortable expressing any concerns I might have in fear I’ll face an overwhelming amount of negative comments based on assumptions versus an attempt to understand the opposing perspective. For months now, I’ve felt repudiated. I stopped feeling like I belonged here a long time ago, and it’s sad it took me this long to accept it and leave. I’m not a stranger to the negativity that transpires behind the scenes, and in all my years here, the only thing I can truly admit to being regretful of is playing a part in that negativity myself and making others feel the way I do now.