User blog comment:IAmFester96/Resignation/@comment-24660155-20190626111643

Fester,

It's taken me a long time to respond to this because I wasn't sure what to say or how to say it. Finally, I think I'm ready.

Anyone would be forgiven for thinking that you and I ended things on bad terms. Certainly, the last major confrontation of this community was ostensibly you vs. me. That's why I hope that when I say these next words, they'll not be misconstrued as calculating smugness: I forgive you.

Let me be unoquivical, I do not place the blame of the drama solely on your shoulders. I conducted myself in an unprofesssional manner, and suffered the consquences of my insanely stupid words and actions. Why I'm choosing to forgive as if you wronged me, is because you yourself have made it abundantly clear in private that you regret your actions, and sought to find some sort of peace with me. This to me completely changed my mind on you, and snapped me out of the blind rage I felt at the time. For the first time in that very dark period, I saw you as more than my foil, more than my detractor. I saw you as a person.

That being said, I will never attempt to justify my conduct earlier this month. I acted like a rube, you called me out for it, why? Because you care as much about the sanctity and dignity of this community as I. You opposed me not to gain influence or power, but to stand for what you believed was right. Unlike so many other trolls and toxic users in the annals of our community, you always at the end of the day meant well. When I consider things, had the tables been turned, I would have reacted the exact the same way you did. We're two minds of the same kind: when something is wrong, we speak out. Neither of us are bad people. Just two altruists blinded by their own passion.

I remember when you first returned from your hiatus, you told me you imagined we'd get along much better than we had in the past. While that sadly did not pan out, I feel as if we've finally achieved that mutual understanding we sought so desperately.

In the end, I wish you nothing but the best, my friend. While I respect your decision to leave, I hope you know you'll always have a home here.

Dios te bendiga,

AllianceScoutAiothai (talk) 11:16, June 26, 2019 (UTC)