Today I was reading many comments made about pictures posted on a friends page. I have never seen so many passive aggressive, backhanded comments in all my days! I don't know how my friend can live with these people around her. Have we become such an insensitive society we cant even give an honest compliment or say what is really on our minds? "Oh I would never do that, but Im not judging you" "That babies eyes are so perfect", I want to slap the shit out of people who say such things.
You would think that the babies eyes are beautiful, but saying that they are perfect is like saying every other baby has imperfect eyes. Seriously, think about this. You are setting up a kid from birth by saying stupid shit like this. I know its "meant" to be a compliment but you are singling the baby out by putting others down making the baby a target for bullying later on in life. And For the life of Christ, if you are comparing me to what you do, YOU ARE JUDGING ME. Shame on you! Who died and made you the most high almighty on earth and in the universe that I am to be compared to what you do and then shrugged off as being imperfect.
I know we all can be guilty of this from time to time but my poor friend seems to get more than her fair share of it. Watching her make excuses for these people has made me realize that we have grown to just accept bad behavior. Fair warning, I don't and wont accept it. I would rather you be truthful than, say back handed crap like that. Oh and being southern is no excuse either. If you say something is lovely you better damn well mean it, because if you don't I'm going to rip your ass from stem to stern for trying to be "cute". When you mean to insult someone, come right out with it. Don't you dare play that "I am far to polite to hurt someone else's feelings" crap. I'm not buying it. We are not here to rewrite the dictionary and redefine words. Say what you mean and mean what you say. If it is something that you think shouldn't be said, then keep your stinking mouth shut.
Yah, comments on the internet are horrid. People forget that there is a living, breathing human being on the other side of the screen.
ReplyDeleteI don't think its just the internet. I think people in general are forgetting how to be kind and only interested in self expression. They want to be noticed and if they blend in to much they feel there isn't enough attention on them. What is really sad is that nobody told them that there is nothing more attention grabbing than being kind. The cop who bought the homeless guy a pair of boots, the two men who rescued a dog from drowning. Good deeds are rewarded.
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