*waving a white flag* i come in peace!
Y'all are gonna jump on me, i know that and i'm trying to prepare myself for it. i don't like getting jumped on, and so i usually just don't post when i disagree with the majority, so i'm not sure why i've picked tonight to post.
Maybe it's lack of chocolate....
i have seen other posters attacked more vehemently than this one, but to say that some are being nice by calling the original post stupid?? Really? Just because some of the more progressive, forward-thinking, PC among us think the post was stupid doesn't mean it was, period. Many people will read and laugh and nod their head, knowing it is a ha-ha, not a bible. Then they'll read on and the smile will disappear quickly. Hopefully if they are new to the site they wont assume the entire site and the population who post here are all like some of the subsequent posts.
i was not offended by the post, but then again i don't make a habit of taking things personally, in general. i know the post wasn't about me. i recognize it was a ha-ha kinda thing. (old, but still...)
Yeah, i am like some of the things listed. But still, the post was not about me, and it was not about you, personally, either.
Why do we prefer calling posts stupid (or worse) rather than just ignore them or at least try to be courteous when we let the person posting know we don't agree?
It feels mean to me. Rude. And i'm sure that someone will respond with "well i found the post rude". So.....because it was rude, you have to be rude too?
Some tell me that i am unrealistic and naive. Maybe i am. Or maybe i'm overly-sensitive. OK, maybe that's it...i'm overly sensitive to what i feel is rudeness the same way others are overly-sensitive to what they feel is stupid? (often, i work out my thoughts while in the middle of typing stuff...it's how i process) But i just don't get why it's so easy to be mean & rude. And i'm not saying that every response has been mean. So if you weren't mean, then don't take this personally
i really do come from a "why can't we all just get along" place. i know that it's not possible, i know that we're all individuals with our own thoughts and feelings. And i know we all have equal right to post how we feel.
But dang....how about a little kindness?
One last thing.....about what i said in the beginning about getting jumped on? i don't think, for the most part, most posters mean to jump on others....but it does happen.
*hands out flowers to everyone who would like one*
