Lesseeeee - I am now a bigot, a right-wing leaning conservative religious nutcase and a hypocrite. Of course, this assessment only came from one person, so I will reserve jugdment on myself in case all of this isn't true : )
I was commenting on another person's journal about that person's take on illegal aliens and the costs that they impose on individual states and on the federal government, when another person came onto his blog and basically ostracized me for my views of things.
Funny, I don't remember signing anything anywhere that says that my views must be in complete agreement with some other individual's views of things. When I have to do that, I will stop blogging altogether. Although I don't doubt the end result of some of our nation's leader's intent is to create a socialist style nation that is run but more: dictated by the federal government as to how we shall live our lives - the American people are not going to go for it. That is evidenced by the large numbers of Americans that are standing up against this health-care overhaul - 37 states now whose governors are threatening to sue the Federal Government if this piece of legislation passes.
The point is simply that I refuse to be gagged and silenced by anyone. People can call me all the names they want - it only stands to make that person look juvenile in maturity and ability to cope in society. I have certainly taken my share of the religious name-calling in my adult life-span of street preaching, talking about the Lord online on numerous different venues and talking to individuals about the Lord as well. People don't need God until - they need a god. When they need a god, then perhaps they will find the true God - the Lord - Jesus Christ - the Father God - The Holy Spirit - a lot of names defining the Trinity and the Lord of Hosts.
Regardless, I suppose this kind of name-calling and trash-talking will go on as long as there are humans present on the earth that are able to communicate with each other, it is nothing that surprises me, but the lows that people will stoop to to try and press another person's buttons sometimes does surprise me at least a little.
Fortunately, I always have this blog to come to if such suppression does, indeed, occur on any other blog, as I have found Blogspot/Blogger to basically not care one way or the other what you do with your blog as long as it isn't something extremely objectionable or against the law. I have even seen extremely objectionable blogs have a warning page issued before you can access it - warning, this blog has been found to objectionable by others, yada yada yada.
I do not, however, believe that KCL owners would ever try to silence me on my personal views of things, they do, after all, opine on many subjects across the board and I would say quite bluntly at that. Not that I have a problem with that, just making an observation. Still, when you get a site like KCL and all of these individuals sort of get thrown into a small box, so to speak, it is always interesting - or ghastly depending on your views of things - to see the occasional torrents of hate and verbal abuse that spews forth from certain individuals.
And, I might add, a handful of individuals that are either singularly or collectively at the onset of such interactions that lend to mild chaos; forms of verbal barbarianism and general malfeasance shown to everyone else.
Well, workday is here, I must be about the company's business.
G'day
ben
6 comments:
Ben, this is exactly why I do not blog there. Although there are differing opinions about a variety of subjects, there is so much meanness.
Bloggers there are often hurtful in their comments even when goofing off and they thing that's okay.
I go there to read a few of my friends blogs. But I don't fit there and don't feel welcome. Often when commenting, I do so with hesitation.
From the absolutely insane way he reacts, I am beginning to think that he is
A- here illegally
B- mentally unstable
There is a part of me which takes some comfort that I am not the only one who thinks his photo is found in the dictionary as we discussed.
I've noticed the comments of whom you mean (begins with P?) and it aggravates me, too. I've been keeping out of those discussions, especially since I live far away, but with similar problems here. Unfortunately some of those heated discussions have scared too many people away from KCL... I miss so many people! I wish the reactions and opinions of a few single individuals wouldn't spoil everything for the rest of us.
Mr. or Mrs. Brittanicus, do I know you? Probably not. I am WELL aware of what's going on, already have phone numbers to Capitol Hill and have already made my calls to such without a complete stranger's insistence that I must.
Anita, I don't necessarily feel I fit in there with the mainstream, either, but that doesn't stop me from blogging there. I either totally ignore the offensive nonsense or I do the same thing they do to everyone else: get in their face and dish it right back out to them, such as the current situation with Puma. Is it worth the aggravation? Well, I think it worth it to the point that the aggressors always revert to name-calling and petty ramblings about a person's character. They cannot take what they dish out, so they go running around to everyone else's blogs and attempt to make themselves look good by stating lies or half truths the are FAR removed from reality. Again, I mostly stay away from it.
Fin: Lol. I take it you have followed this "conversation" between this person and I. He mostly has absolutely no idea what he is talking about, but is quite passionate about his ignorance. Indeed, it starts to get humorous watching him trying to dig out of the hole he creates for himself.
Dorrie: Puma is basically all over the place starting trouble everywhere. But when a person such as Wes, who appears to me to remain completely calm cool, collected and lucid about these discussions, brings back something that P disagrees with, well, Puma just can't handle it. I imagine Wes's calm stature is even that much more annoying to a person like Puma, who is desperately trying to get a reaction out of anyone and everyone. I think the man has no job, he seems to be posting on his and everyone else's journals ALL day long. One of those "get a life" situations. He is far from the only offender, but certainly he is one of the most obvious and visible. There are many people that do not post on KCL that I also miss. You cannot, however (and not saying that you are) blame KCL owners for the actions of others. I'm not a big fan of censorship except in extreme cases.
Just in case you didn't notice, P has now publicly apologized to you in a new entry!!
Yes, I saw that and replied appropriately, thanks.
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