My Last 2 Cents, that is all
I know that there's been a lot of talking on the inter-web about criticism. Now I know that it's not nice to criticize people, goodness knows I hate it when it happens to me. The thing that I think is our problem here is that we are confusing criticism and opinion. I'm not necessarily talking about what's been posted lately, I'm talking bigger scale. I have opinions, they are strong and may not be backed up by facts, but I have opinions. Thing that makes people uncomfortable about some of my opinions is that I'm actually willing to express them at times when others don't seem very eager to. THAT IS JUST FINE. I understand that I shouldn't always open my mouth, but it happens. What I'm not really understanding is the "Your opinion is wrong/offensive/mean/etc..." response. Tell me that you're not comfortable with my opinion, tell me your opinion on a subject, I don't care. Please, I implore all of you, don't tell me my opinion is wrong just because it happens to not coincide with yours..... thank you.
Anywho, after that we have criticism. It should probably be kept to ones self unless it leads to a constructive end. Criticizing a group of people for how they look is not constructive, I am guilty of this offense and apologize to anyone who might have been hurt. I've been one the receiving end of such criticism and forgot what it was like. Criticizing the President for starting a war that should never have been started in the first place, constructive (even if you get arrested for expressing such an opinion). Some criticism can be used to better a situation, some are used to make one feel better about ones self, and still others are just used to put others down. Any way the cake is cut, you should always ask yourself if what your saying about others is for the good of you or the good of others.
I know that this may or may not sit well with some of you out there, but please understand that this is the opinion of one person who just likes to let others know how he feels on a matter.
Thank You All for You
Anywho, after that we have criticism. It should probably be kept to ones self unless it leads to a constructive end. Criticizing a group of people for how they look is not constructive, I am guilty of this offense and apologize to anyone who might have been hurt. I've been one the receiving end of such criticism and forgot what it was like. Criticizing the President for starting a war that should never have been started in the first place, constructive (even if you get arrested for expressing such an opinion). Some criticism can be used to better a situation, some are used to make one feel better about ones self, and still others are just used to put others down. Any way the cake is cut, you should always ask yourself if what your saying about others is for the good of you or the good of others.
I know that this may or may not sit well with some of you out there, but please understand that this is the opinion of one person who just likes to let others know how he feels on a matter.
Thank You All for You