So I check my email to find a whole two, yes two, replies to something on this blog. Now that's big news considering how many replies most get. Needless to say, they both say, in two entirely different ways, that I'm an idiot. I find that slightly ironic considering one was replied to the wrong entry, but I'm not one to assume computer illiteracy for stupidity.
It appears I'm coming under a minor bit of flack for an entry I wrote on mental disabilities. Which I find odd, because even upon reading back I can't see where I said they were to fault. I said it was possible to learn things, something some people might not be able to do I'll accept that, but some can, yet they choose not to. This was my point, that some people take the first convenient label they can as an excuse to not try.
Someone with Aspergers may have difficulty in reading facial expressions, and thus may find it harder to get on with people, doesn't necessarily mean they won't make friends at all, and it doesn't mean they should give up on it. likewise someone who's asexual might not want sex, but that doesn't mean they can't fall in love. My irritation was with those who gave up because they'd earned a medical label, not against those who have the label and are trying.
But yet, I find it funny. In total three people have tried to correct me, but yet one (who didn't leave his/her name) actually tried to correct me. The other two gave me a simple "you're a fucking moron". Now how exactly is that even supposed to help? If someone is in the wrong about something, does calling them morons actually help them? Think I learnt anything from those two comments?
The answers to those questions (I'm lead to believe), are no.
So why do it? Why go to all the trouble of replying, when all you're going to do is say "You're a fucking moron"? Quite frankly it's a waste of your time as much as it is a waste of mine.
But then, that's the joys of being able to say what you like. If you're going to say something, then you need to be prepared to hear people say things that you consider as pointlessly ill-informed as those who disagree with your miss-informed drivel. Freedom of speech, unfortunately runs both ways.
Which leaves me with my foot in my mouth. As I have to eat a slice of humble pie by admitting I was grossly miss-informed in my disability entry. Which is, as expected, about as much fun as... well eating your foot really. So yes, consider myself mistaken in that entry, and I'm sorry for any upset.
Just do me a favour, next time I annoy you with a blog entry, feel free to explain why. After all, maybe we'll all learn something that way. Other than that I'm a bit stupid at times I mean.
It appears I'm coming under a minor bit of flack for an entry I wrote on mental disabilities. Which I find odd, because even upon reading back I can't see where I said they were to fault. I said it was possible to learn things, something some people might not be able to do I'll accept that, but some can, yet they choose not to. This was my point, that some people take the first convenient label they can as an excuse to not try.
Someone with Aspergers may have difficulty in reading facial expressions, and thus may find it harder to get on with people, doesn't necessarily mean they won't make friends at all, and it doesn't mean they should give up on it. likewise someone who's asexual might not want sex, but that doesn't mean they can't fall in love. My irritation was with those who gave up because they'd earned a medical label, not against those who have the label and are trying.
But yet, I find it funny. In total three people have tried to correct me, but yet one (who didn't leave his/her name) actually tried to correct me. The other two gave me a simple "you're a fucking moron". Now how exactly is that even supposed to help? If someone is in the wrong about something, does calling them morons actually help them? Think I learnt anything from those two comments?
The answers to those questions (I'm lead to believe), are no.
So why do it? Why go to all the trouble of replying, when all you're going to do is say "You're a fucking moron"? Quite frankly it's a waste of your time as much as it is a waste of mine.
But then, that's the joys of being able to say what you like. If you're going to say something, then you need to be prepared to hear people say things that you consider as pointlessly ill-informed as those who disagree with your miss-informed drivel. Freedom of speech, unfortunately runs both ways.
Which leaves me with my foot in my mouth. As I have to eat a slice of humble pie by admitting I was grossly miss-informed in my disability entry. Which is, as expected, about as much fun as... well eating your foot really. So yes, consider myself mistaken in that entry, and I'm sorry for any upset.
Just do me a favour, next time I annoy you with a blog entry, feel free to explain why. After all, maybe we'll all learn something that way. Other than that I'm a bit stupid at times I mean.
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2 comments:
It was not the wrong entry.
You, sir, need to read correctly as the comment was in reference to the article on which it was left.
As for "So why do it? Why go to all the trouble of replying, when all you're going to do is say "You're a fucking moron"? Quite frankly it's a waste of your time as much as it is a waste of mine."
Isn't that exactly what you've done here? you took the bait my friend, not a good look.
Although, I did give you something to write about, did I not?
Even if it was just drivel and a half-assed apology swirled in so you don't notice the lumps like in so much badly made custard.
As highlighted by the person above, the mentioned comment was not posted on the wrong article – if you take the time to actually read over the article it was posted on you’d realise that you had referenced the entry regarding mental disabilities via mentioning the initial comment that had been left on it: “(my last comment told me I was a fucking idiot)”.
In the entry regarding disabilities you mention a very small minority of disabled people, yet (with the exclusion of mentioning how you attempt to overcome your disability) you fail to mention other cases in which people with disabilities of varying level strive to live regular lives and not have their disabilities hinder them. You paint an unfair picture of disabled people – making the minority seem like the majority; this is the result, however, of you not giving a fair argument in your discussion. You mention a range of people that you seemingly personally know who posses disabilities and use such disabilities as an excuse – you then state that said people shouldn’t and give the one example of how you try to overcome your dyslexia; one side of the argument is clearly outweighed. As someone has already pointed out, you make it sound as if the majority of disabled people are just lazy. Think of it like this: someone writes a blog journal about the positive aspects of religion, in the majority of their entry they talk about religious fanaticism, and then finish on a note about how they find a sense of inner-calm from religion and how others can too – it doesn’t convey the point that the blogger desires to convey because they have totally outweighed their argument with the negative.
Another issue with the article in question is that you truly do fail to show any understanding about some of the disabilities you mention. You write ‘it's certainly not a life ruiner on the same scale as being put in a wheelchair’ – but this is incredibly inaccurate if you consider some mental illnesses such as severe schizophrenia, manic depressive disorder, anorexia nervosa, etc. People with these illnesses, in a severe state, may have suicidal thoughts, self-harm, have issues with social interaction, lose the ability to take care of themselves, may have to live the rest of their lives in 24hr care, and may lose those close to them due to the social stigma – just as what could possibly happen to someone that becomes wheelchair-bound at a certain point in their life. Everyone has their own mountains to climb and you shouldn’t care disabilities in that way.
In this entry you ask the question ‘So why do it?’ in regards to why you were left comments in which you were sworn at. You go on to ask: ‘Think I learnt anything from those two comments?’ Of course they don’t expect you to learn, their aim wasn’t for you to learn anything. They were insulted and they were airing their opinions – possibly they wanted you to see their opinions, which you clearly have, so technically they haven’t wasted their time.
So, to conclude this comment before it turns into an essay, in future you should take the time to research the subject on which you write - and that doesn’t just simply mean having a look at Wikipedia. Moreover, think about what you’re actually trying to convey and whether everything that you include in one article should be included – it would have been better if you had taken the time to write individual articles on different areas of mental disabilities, investigating as to what they actually are and how people cope with them, rather than just congeal them all together in one very disjointed mess.
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