Why such negativity?
Have you ever had to take a step back and do some evaluating before continuing down a path? This happened to me this last week. I had an article that was getting a lot of very negative attention, some of very negative criticism and a few trolls that made some very interesting negative comments. I took a step back and started thinking about what I had been writing and what I wanted to write about in the future. Maybe the negative jackasses were right, maybe I should stick to other things. These were the thoughts running through my already jammed up mind.
I decided “Screw those guys, I will write about what I want to write about. Not my fault they don’t understand the point behind my article.” This led to a whole new train of thought, which it isn’t hard for me to head down a random rabbit hole of thought. I decided I was going to start writing a series of short stories, along with other articles that I decide are worthy of my time. I am not going to let a few jackass, egotistical, self-centered trolls keep me away from what I want to do, which is write about things that make sense to me.
You can look at the comments on all of my articles, and I always try to respond constructively and respectfully to each comment. However, when an individual just wants to be mean and rude, they are going to get a more sarcastic, mean response back. I am the type of person that will be kind and respectful until you give me a reason not to be. Once you give me a reason not to be its game on. I will do everything in my power to make that individual look like the jackass they are, and there have been few times that I have not been able to accomplish this task.
When I write something, which many people can agree with, I write what is on my mind at that point in time. I will research the information that I need to make the point that I am trying to make, and I will cite all the sources of that research. If people do not agree with what I am writing, I encourage CONSTRUCTIVE engagement. The one thing I do not tolerate is people downgrading me, my writing, or my methods of writing. If you want to offer some suggestions to make future articles better, I am open to that. If you just want to downgrade me and my writing, don’t bother commenting. There is enough negativity in the world, I don’t need the egotistical, condescending comments in my life.
With that being said, I know there are always going to be the Karen trolls that are going to leave the condescending, downgrading comments. I am very well aware of that, and I accept that fact. The world if full of keyboard warriors that think they are better than everyone else. I had one said troll that got in the comments of an article and then turned around and blocked me because he couldn’t handle what I was commenting back. People like that really irritate me at the time, and then I will sit back and laugh at the childness of their actions.
My thoughts are, if you are going to comment negatively on someone’s article, you better be ready for them to comment back. You better be ready for the fact that you may not like what they have to say about your comment. I have made it a policy of my own to not comment on an article unless I know three things. Where that author point of view is coming from, I have a good understand of the content of that article and I have something constructive to add. If one of those is not a “yes statement” than I do not leave a comment, because I don’t want to be viewed as a keyboard warrior talking out of my ass about someone else’s work.
I firmly believe that if people were more constructive, rather than destructive with their words, this world would be a way better place. Instead of constantly downgrading, try offering suggestion for improvement. Instead of condescending comments, try a constructive comment. If you have nothing constructive to add, try scrolling on by. The only person that will know you were even there is YOU. There needs to be a point where we as human beings stop being so negative all the time and start trying to help each other and lift each other up.
In closing, let’s do better people. Life is way too short to be so damn negative all the time!
