Well, it obviously doesn't apply to my friend's list. I made a post last night about being anti-abortion as related to another post I read about a woman who has just given birth to a micro-premie and her struggles to begin breastfeeding the baby, and I've gotten 4 private messages telling me how wrong I am and that, moreover, I shouldn't put things like that in my journal because it offends people.
Nevermind I've had to read about 6 different abortions this year, which was very offensive to me.
It's your journal, not theirs. You have every right to put whatever you want in there. Just tell them that if they can't handle your opposing views respectfully, then they aren't any friend of yours.
Completely agree. I've always been a "I'm not going to let one little issue keep us from being friends" sort of person, but I guess as I get older I realize more and more that this isn't "one little issue," at least not to me. It's a very big deal and has a very marked impact on my ability to handle people. I can still deal with my friends who, say, have the view that abortion is morally unacceptable but they don't see making it illegal--I see the reasoning behind their point of view, even if I don't agree with it. It's the people who out and out think abortion is as much an acceptable option as keeping the baby or giving it up for adoption--and particularly the ones who, for some reason, find adoption more cruel--that I just don't think I can communicate with anymore.
I'm agree! That's kind of funny. If they can't deal with reading someone's own personal journal, then they don't have to read it. Nobody forced them to read her journal!
But oh, heaven forbid someone should read views that oppose their own!
In that case, post anti-abortion journals more often, haha. There's always going to be obnoxious people trying to silence your beliefs and if it's important to you, it's all the more reason to keep at it. I mean, I've posted pro-life links on Facebook and someone messaged me telling me that I should "go lock myself in a closet and kill myself with a coathanger because my mother was obviously too stupid to abort me." I mean, COME ON.
Don't let those people keep you from expressing your beliefs. If someone can't handle hearing disagreement with their views, that is their problem, not yours. Heck, my boyfriend is pro-choice, but he can respect my beliefs and we've had some interesting, polite conversations about our different views.
Nevermind I've had to read about 6 different abortions this year, which was very offensive to me.
I'm tired of this.
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But oh, heaven forbid someone should read views that oppose their own!
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Heck, my boyfriend is pro-choice, but he can respect my beliefs and we've had some interesting, polite conversations about our different views.
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