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Fighting online or in blogs
I do not understand why someone would waste his /her /them /(various incarnations) time arguing or fighting with someone online. Face to face I understand, you are forced to protect yourself or someone else. But online? All you have to do is ignore the person who is trying to argue with you. It takes two to argue. Unless you can argue alone ( and that presents an entirely different set of issues) my best advice is do the best you can to just ignore assholes who want to bring you down.
If you ask me, there’s nothing like A good old fashion bare knuckeled Jim Kirk style beat down in these blogs..
I can remember back when people thought the internet would be this great democratization of ideas and we'd all become more informed, wiser, more understanding of other points of view, etc. Instead it has become a giant cesspool of disinformation, uneducated opinion, conspiracy theories, organized troll campaigns, and a normalization of bigotry. It seems like most people don't deserve a platform. I miss the days when the perpetually outraged were limited to yelling at their tv sets in anger. The world seemed much saner and civilized then.
James once said: "If you don't like a post? Just ignore it. You don't have to comment." He's right and I don't anymore
“They will hate you if you are beautiful. They will hate you if you are successful. They will hate you if you are right. They will hate you if you are popular. They will hate you when you get attention. They will hate you when people in their life like you. They will hate you if you worship a different version of their God. They will hate you if you are spiritual. They will hate you if you have courage. They will hate you if you have an opinion. They will hate you when people support you. They will hate you when they see you happy. Heck, they will hate you while they post prayers and religious quotes on Pinterest and Facebook. They just hate. However, remember this: They hate you because you represent something they feel they don’t have. It really isn’t about you. It is about the hatred they have for themselves. So smile today because there is something you are doing right that has a lot of people thinking about you.”
well to be honest although i am never the one who starts it however instead of letting the asshole or other assholes just talk shit and let it be i usually respond back and i know i shouldn't however its hard not to. cause i look at it this way if they were ever in front of me well they wouldn't have teeth or heck maybe not even a life yet lol. im not saying i am a bad ass however i have lost fights and yea i have hurt people in my life that is for sure. and although i can say i shall try harder not to comment on the assholes that we do have in this group. however i can not say that i won't either lolÂ
Let them fight....
I applaud healthy discussion and debate, I just have seen people online ( and I don't mean just here) who say the opposite of what the other person is talking about just to get something started. A difference of opinion is a healthy thing. Being hurtful for the sake of meanness is something else entirely. Don't give those mean people the satisfaction of playing their game just ignore them. No blocking, don't dignify them with a reply, just ignore them. They will lose interest if they don't get a partner to play with.
Tristan that is usually because you are right and the liberal is trying to defend stupidity.
I heard a creepy story about this....
This was before my time, but apparently there used to be a guy on GBT who would spend 6 or 7 hours - per day(!) - flattering, cultivating and manipulating older, lonely, loser, misfit dudes with private messages, or posts on their walls, or whatever.Â
This enabled him to establish a circle around himself and so the blogs were very toxic and bullying - basically anyone he didn't like got pummeled. This went on for 4 or 5 years until one day he tried to bully Nick18, found it didn't work, found - to his horror - that his clout on GBT was 'limited' (to put it politely) and quit the site.
Apparently he was so shocked, so unable to accept that 5 years of cultivating and manipulating guys had been for nothing, he had some sort of a nervous breakdown.
According to several old timers the blogs these days are pretty tame compared to when this was leading bullying raids against innocent people for no reason.Â
What I have also been told is that whenever you occasionally see a 3 hour old profile trolling and being abusive it is apparently him; he does this as part of a 'grieving process'; finds it cathartic.
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Exactly, I agree. Â But, it's easier to "talk" online than face-to-face. Â So repressed but angry-sometimes guys can see internet sites as good places to lurk. Â You and I would rather be hostile in person (occasionally) when the mood strikes, and positive & supportive in general; Â others are moodier I guess, & prefer the invisibility that the internet provides to cover the negativity. Â But, the multiple-personalities that you're alluding to on this site, which I've seen in spades (multiple "handles" who are all the same person...) too, are a special case; Â and you're right, it's best to totally ignore those trolls. Â (Even if it goes against one's own instincts of self-defense.) Â
The Block option works.But if you block someone be ready for the childish name calling and trolling after you do