Posted by wildcat98 on 2/24/2014 1:15:00 AM (view original):
Posted by ettaexpress on 2/24/2014 1:12:00 AM (view original):
Posted by wildcat98 on 2/23/2014 10:46:00 PM (view original):
So, Gillispie gives you GREAT advice, delivered in a kind way, and you compare it to the "kind of thinking [that] led to mass suicide, genocide, hazing rituals resulting in damage up to and including death, the widespread bullying problem in schools today, gang violence, and numerous other problems"?
That's amazing.
Oh crap, forgot...supposed to be silent and genuflect.
Yes, m'lord. Thank you, m'lord.
It's not that you weren't silent and didn't genuflect. It's that you compared his calm post to the "kind of thinking [that] led to mass suicide, genocide, hazing rituals resulting in damage up to and including death, the widespread bullying problem in schools today, gang violence, and numerous other problems."
You really don't see the problem, do you?
Nope. Because it's true. The "if everyone doesn't like you, you must be the problem" mentality is exactly what leads to those situations and the triumph of evil by way of good people doing nothing.
I didn't compare his entire post to that, and you'll notice he didn't include that part in his response, the spirit of which I generally agree with, even though I think it's a sad statement that the best course of action is to let people say whatever they want about you. Nevertheless, I don't disagree with him that eventually people would get bored of their own lack of wit...or maybe they would so lack of wit that they wouldn't.
Either way, it would certainly be the best solution for me, excepting that it would give people here what they want.