I wrote a post yesterday complaining about something that made me angry and I got a nasty comment basically calling me a bitch and telling me that, with all this war and suffering in the world, I should be grateful that I’m okay and that I have friends at all. I deleted the comment. Then I deleted the post. Maybe I am a petty bitch and that’s not the person I want to be, so I was embarassed. At the same time, don’t I have a right to complain about some things? My complaints were in response to actions that I felt were fundamentally disrespectful and inconsiderate. So should I never get upset when people are inconsiderate towards me? Should I just let it roll off my back every time? If I have a reaction does it necessarily mean that I don’t care about war and suffering or that I’m not grateful for all the gifts I have in my life?
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August 12, 2009 at 11:16 am |
i would have left the post AND the comment up. sounds like the comment spoke for itself when it trivialized your personal thoughts and feelings by calling you an ungreatful (bitch) person. i believe if the writer of said comment took but a few minutes to read any of your many lovely posts they’d rethink as they anonymously typed. what kind of person would one be if never upset by disrespectful people? does the writer get upset when an inconsiderate driver nearly hits him/her as they walk across a street or do they wave hello and say a prayer for the starving children in China? i doubt it.
you have nothing to feel embarassed about. *dalyn
August 12, 2009 at 12:52 pm |
Aw, I missed the post. I like complaining!
August 19, 2009 at 2:19 pm |
Thanks Dalyn. The more I think about it, the more I wish I’d left it all up. I still have the post but the comment is permanently gone. Maybe I’ll put it back up with an attached caveat or something!
Don’t worry Bridget, I have plenty of complaining to do and it’s bound to land here again!