I just wanted to say...

Published on July 3, 2004 By dharmagrl In Blogging

....that there are people here who kick ass.

Who aren't afraid to be totally honest about themselves or their circumstances.

Who have no pretentions, or who put on airs-and-graces.

Who are able to see through the BS and cut to the truth.

Those are the people who make me want to keep blogging.

Then again.....

There are people here who will claim to be anything that fits their particular argument at the time.

Who refuse to provide any factual information to back up their claims whatsoever.

Who have come very close to being exposed in the web of deception they have created for themsleves.

Who refuse, time and again, to admit when they are mistaken, despite being factually proven to be wrong.

These are the people who make me want to stop blogging. To throw in the towel, to say 'to hell with it all'.

There, I said it.

Comments (Page 4)

Muggaz

on Jul 04, 2004

If Dharma is speaking to stalking commentators that pick on a particular blogger for the mere thrill, then I agree with her.

So do I mate... that's what people are missing here...

All too quick to act on pre-determined mis-conceptions when it comes to me...

That wasn't the tone of the article though...

I went through the very phase that Darma is going through right now... it was mikimouse that said, if i am starting to think like that, then I am taking blogging too seriously... I think that may be the case in this situation as well...

I just dont let them get to me anymore... it looks like some other people would do well to learn that lesson, rather than whinge and incinuate... If I have a problem with Dharma, or anyone else for that matter, I am more than happy to have it out and work through it... By writing this article, Dharma basically bunched a whole heap of negative traits together, which I am sure every single blogger has been guilty at one point in time, hence creating a negative vibe within the community.

Right now I am getting the vibe that someone has been going out of their way to make Dharma angry... I wasn't to know this, and I dont assume as much... By all means, character attacks are not acceptable, and even though I may disagree with Dharma from time to time, I dont think her character should be attacked, the same as no one else's should be attacked. Not once in this article was it pointed out that Dharma felt demeaned by other bloggers... I would have thought Dharma was a bit stronger than that though... she has been around long enough not to let that crap get to her... well, I would have thought so anyway...

I am sorry If i have upset anyone, This is Dharma's blog, and she has a right to bitch, but it's on the public forums as well, and I have a right to call as I see it.

BAM!!!

dharmagrl

on Jul 04, 2004

Not once in this article was it pointed out that Dharma felt demeaned by other bloggers

I don't feel demeaned. I feel that I can't go anywhere or say anything around here without a couple of people being on my tails having a go at me. And it's not just me, it's other people as well. I don't let what they say get to me personally, I don't sit in the corner and cry...but I'm tired of it. Enough already.

As for taking to too seriously...this is supposed to be fun. It always was fun up until recently. Other bloggers and splitting as well. Eric's gone, Sheyre and Jeremy went...I hope that this isn't the start of an exodous of people, the kind of people that made JU a fun and interesting place to be.

The lunatics are starting to run the asylum......

Poetmom99

on Jul 04, 2004

The lunatics are starting to run the asylum......

And, yet again, I will say that it's because they are being ALLOWED to do so...the more people who leave, the more those other people are given the power...and I'm sorry, but there is NO ONE on this site who is going to run me off or make me change the way I think, feel or write.....I am who I am, and if some don't like it, fine and dandy....that's not MY issue to deal with.....

Erk.

on Jul 04, 2004

As for taking to too seriously...this is supposed to be fun

Poetmom99...... I'm not empowering anyone by staying away, that choice is mine.
The quote sums it up. It used to be fun. Now it's not.

There's enough shit in the world already without having to put up with the verbal diarrhoea infecting these boards at the moment.
Until that abates considerably, consider me a very "casual visitor"

To clarify somewhat, I enjoy reading threads way more than I do posting them. I read for that enjoyment.
I read some threads,and am uplifted ~or my interest is raised. But then I click on a thread, and find it full of the stuff I described ......spirit dampened. You see what I mean?

Posts should be interesting, or funny, or educational.....whatever. Not a forum for back and forth childish stupidity.

Wreckless.

Poetmom99

on Jul 04, 2004

The quote sums it up. It used to be fun. Now it's not.

And it's not because you let what others write take away your enjoyment....you're giving them that power over you, whether you know it or not...[

quote]There's enough shit in the world already without having to put up with the verbal diarrhoea infecting these boards at the moment.

So don't read it, and if you do happen to read it, don't respond to it....move on to something else....

Poetmom99

on Jul 04, 2004

And perhaps those who immediately went into defense mode when they read this article have a bit of a guilty conscience?

I for one have no guilty conscience about anything....I read and post on a variety of articles, written by a variety of people...and I write what I feel like writing on MY site....

I just think that too many people are giving too many others the power over their experience here...it's gonna be what YOU (each individual) make it. For me, it's fun, it's informative, and it's friends....the rest I just blow off and forget about.....I DON'T sit around and dwell on the bad points, because that is, in my opinion, counterproductive.

dharmagrl

on Jul 04, 2004

And perhaps those who immediately went into defense mode when they read this article have a bit of a guilty conscience?

Happens every single time I've written an article like this.

Teresa, I try not to let things be counterproductive, but Little Whip accurately described what I'm talking about. People are too chicken shit to take me on on MY turf, but they'll let it all loose on someone elses. Wait, I take that back...someone DID bring it to me once, and was very spiteful and personal about doing so.

Poetmom99

on Jul 04, 2004

So let them say it....does it change who YOU are. or how those who really know you think about you? Not bloody likely...so in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter, and sooner or later, it's going to come back and bite them in the ass.

CS Guy

on Jul 04, 2004

OK...I neither want nor expect praise for each article I write. Sometimes I expect and welcome criticism because it makes me think differently. I still may think that my train of thought is the best one, but I at least get an opportunity to understand where the other side is coming from. To criticize me as a person though, and to follow me from thread to thread having a go at me - that's not acceptable, and that's what's been happening.

That is the work of an immature mind. I've only been on JU for about a week, but already I have encountered many people whose opinions radically differed from mine. Luckily, in almost every case they have attacked my position and not my person. I respect that, and I enjoy getting that perspective. But I have seen other persons attacked, and the instant response I get is to dismiss the attacker's opinions in all matters.

This article was my venting about that. I refuse to write articles naming names because I don't think that's fair. This site is incredibly popular, and I would hate for a newcomer to see my article about "so-and-so is a total idiot who can't argue a point to save their life"...much less have that article googled. So I keep my rantings nameless. If we were in the same room, would I name names? You betcha. But not here.

I think you have every right to vent, bitch, moan, whine, whatever. I believe that is one of the cathartic benefits of a blog. It allows you a release for the negative feelings that you may not get a chance to excise otherwise.

People talk about the benefit of a friend who is a good listener. Basically all that means is that someone is willing to listen. To provide a means for us to express our feelings externally.

That is a role that blogging can fulfill with great effect. But I think some people need to be better listeners.

dharmagrl

on Jul 04, 2004

I saw that too. I'm not sure who he's classing as Maxwellian and who's a Moronite....but I'd rather be Moronite than Maxwellian anyday!

CS Guy

on Jul 04, 2004

King of the Morons who are trying to Control this Site!

Shouldn't that be Queen?

dharmagrl

on Jul 04, 2004

I tried to be a part of it, back when it was funny. It's not funny anymore. It hasn't been funny for a while, because it got taken too far.

Muggaz

on Jul 04, 2004

And perhaps those who immediately went into defense mode when they read this article have a bit of a guilty conscience?

AS far as I just checked through, I am the only person who went into defense mode LW... It wasn't even defense mode... it was criticism mode...

and just a little FYI - my conscience is as clear as day... a very clear day...

Not that I feel the need to defend myself... but you people continue to incinuate, and as long as you haven't named any names, I am going to assume you are talking about me!

thats all good, bad publicity is still publicity... let the Muggaz show roll on...

I think you should all listen to poetmom a bit more...

BAM!!!

dharmagrl

on Jul 04, 2004

Creating a bit of drama good for PR or something?

So, you get to criticise me for doing what you do?

thats all good, bad publicity is still publicity... let the Muggaz show roll on...

You know, I love you, Muggaz, and I'll be honest that it hurts me that you would think so little of me. I'll say this for the last time...I never came out and called you a Nazi, or even implicated that you were one, and I think that's where all this animosity comes from.

I'm done talking about it. I have a nice happy buzz on and I'm not going to ruin it.

Muggaz

on Jul 04, 2004

The feeling is mutual Dharma...

It's just that making blanket incinuation's like this blog create the negative vibe we are feeling at the moment...

I really wish that you would have been straight up at the start and said someone was going out of their way in attempting to demean you... hopefully you know that I wouldn't stand for that...

BAM!!!

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