Plz no moar ad hominem?
What is it about the internet that makes people feel so comfortable being rude?
Seriously. Maybe this is just me, but sometimes when reading the comments on FFR/FFRR, I feel appalled by how catty people can be. Maybe this is just something I should expect in rant communities, but I'm weary of the "this is a rant community" idea becoming an excuse for people just being unnecessarily rude. Just because someone has an opinion you find difficult to agree with/understand/conceive/accept, it does not give you a free pass to be insulting. Even if the person's opinion is offensive, it doesn't give anyone a free pass to be offensive in return. What happened to turning the other cheek? By this, I don't mean letting an offensive opinion go without rebuttal or correction. But I strongly believe there is a difference between rebuttal and attack.
I'm not talking about any one rant in particular, but just a trend I've noticed in general.
Maybe this is just something that bothers me personally. But when I read comments, especially in wank-causing rants, I feel like a grade school teacher thinking "children, be nice!"
Basically, in short, I wish we could have discussions that don't turn into personal bash-fests.
Seriously. Maybe this is just me, but sometimes when reading the comments on FFR/FFRR, I feel appalled by how catty people can be. Maybe this is just something I should expect in rant communities, but I'm weary of the "this is a rant community" idea becoming an excuse for people just being unnecessarily rude. Just because someone has an opinion you find difficult to agree with/understand/conceive/accept, it does not give you a free pass to be insulting. Even if the person's opinion is offensive, it doesn't give anyone a free pass to be offensive in return. What happened to turning the other cheek? By this, I don't mean letting an offensive opinion go without rebuttal or correction. But I strongly believe there is a difference between rebuttal and attack.
I'm not talking about any one rant in particular, but just a trend I've noticed in general.
Maybe this is just something that bothers me personally. But when I read comments, especially in wank-causing rants, I feel like a grade school teacher thinking "children, be nice!"
Basically, in short, I wish we could have discussions that don't turn into personal bash-fests.