Originally Posted by tandempower

It's not innocent humor but vitriole. The idea is resonant with the most hateful use of the label, 'tree hugger.' The message is to ridicule the love of trees as somehow a displaced libidinal attraction, which is supposed to be directed toward human relationships. It's very Freudian and narrowly humanistic, where social-relationality is reserved for humans with humans and everything non-human is regarded as a mere object, background scenery for human interactions.

As for me turning the forum into a personal blog space, that's just rude. Anyone can respond to any post and/or post threads. If you dislike me or the content of my posts, that doesn't mean you have to accuse me of being too present in the forum and thus imply that I should shrink or go away completely.