
(05-13-2015, 09:55 AM)Red Coat Cat Wrote:(05-13-2015, 09:26 AM)OttoVann Wrote: Hell yeah I'm bashing people who go on tumblr and act like savages . . .Well. Yes. You just called them savages.Â
Whats your point? Â That they somehow have equal footing compared to me? Â Please. Â Why are you trying to conflate me with them?
From my perspective, no matter what they said, you just made yourself like them by demeaning them with that insulting word.
They are humans just like you and me. And certainly not agreeing with them is allowed. But to attack back just keeps the cycle going.
What about when a given person continues a cycle with no other initiative? When they choose to be rude only for the sake of hurting others, threatening to "release a bunch of shit on [this] person"?
Yelling back at them isn't the best way to counter it. In fact, I agree that it would likely make things worse. ...but I do think abusive behavior needs to be called out, so the person can work on bettering their actions. I don't like to think people are inherently bad, or that they get their fun from watching other people (sometimes former friends or associates) squirm. But what about when direct communication no longer becomes an option? When a situation that could be solved by a calm, collected discussion instead turns into shunning and hate? Or even just evasion of the issue?
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Hypothetical situation/question to all:
If I broke my arm and I was told to give it a rest while in a cast, I'd do so. Once my arm was healed, the cast would be removed. I've seen people who will just assume their arm has been amputated and pretend it doesn't exist anymore instead of trying to move it around and get it back into use. How would one go about trying to convince a person that their arm is no longer broken? That it's -OK- to use it again. Acknowledge it's there?