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 6)

Gene Nash

on Jul 05, 2004

the more people who leave, the more those other people are given the power

Poetmom, that's exactly the point I was trying to make with my article.

Like attracts like. The more "good people" who leave, the exponentially larger percent of the site the venomous become. My concern is that a critical mass will be reached whereby "good people" will look at the site and decide they don't want to be a part of it, while those who like to spew forth freely will see it as a haven. (I'd give examples of the negative types of things I'm concerned with a stranger to the site seeing, but I don't want to sully up Dharma's thread. I guess I'll do it on my own thread later.)

Gene Nash

on Jul 05, 2004

Like someone else said, this is cyclical--the difference this time is that the site is bigger, there are more people, and the disagreements don't appear to be "among friends" like they were in the past.

Good line.

this theory relies on the idea that everyone here is actually good and decent at heart and that we are all friends.

I've seen too many unbelievably horrible things to believe in "the inate goodness of people." While I still believe in giving people the benefit of the doubt, it's been my experience that translates into just enough of a delay for those I'm trying to believe the best about to stick the shank between my ribs.

Phoenixboi

on Jul 05, 2004

Dharma
What would make this fun for you again?

shadesofgrey

on Jul 05, 2004

What would make this fun for you again?

The Book Club!!

Have you and Trina decided on a first pick?

Gene Nash

on Jul 05, 2004

Dharma
What would make this fun for you again?

Insightful question, Phoenixboi.

dharmagrl

on Jul 05, 2004

Hmmm...what would make blogging fun again?

I don't know if there is a cure......I don't know that there is a quick fix, or even a simple solution.

I do know that I think I have to just keep blogging and that this too shall pass.

I do know that I'm enjoying being blunt and that I'm going to continue to be blunt, regardless. I also know that I'm going to have to be prepared for the fallout of my bluntness.

I also know that I love all of you who have encourgaed me to stay.....

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