Don't Be An Asshole...

I've never really understood the anonymous comment. If you feel strongly enough about something to comment, then you should be man or woman enough take responsibility for it, and the consequences as well--not that there are any real consequences on a blog.  But, since I am without the want or energy to try to understand why anyone would hide behind anonymity, I have decided to disable the ability to comment anonymously on this here blog....you know, since it's mine--just sayin'.  

So now, if you want to be a dick or an asshole to me, you'll have to at least have the stones to post your "judgement" with a user name.  Yes, I know, you could still be ANYBODY, but take ownership and quit being a chicken-shit.  Or barring your inability to grow a set publicly, my email here is quite accessible--have your say there--again, you could still be ANYBODY.  

No harm no foul.  

Even if I don't agree with your opinion, I'll not simply disregard your thoughts because they may be contrary to my own.  It's okay to disagree.  It's not okay to be downright hateful or rude, be brutal or a hypocrite.  I'll not engage and give any semblance of legitimization to that kind of discourse. I am to a place (as a survivor of some awful shit), through a lot of therapy, where I am able to read, disseminate and disregard those kinds of messages...and am able to ignore them rather than let them validate any negative thoughts I may have had about myself.

I'm good with the who that is me.

Understand though, as I have said before, that if you can't own your shit, I am not going to really give a lot of weight to what you fling at me.  My circle of people in the blogging world is pretty small and I respect their thoughts, opinions and ideas even if they are contrary to my own, and I really appreciate when they reach out to tell me I'm being insufferable, unduly harsh, stupid, whiny, or whatever.  That's because we've built a semblance of rapport and friendship--I would want all my friends to be honest with me (and believe me, they really are...).  I'd like to think the people I know wouldn't hide behind the cover of anonymity.  Anonymity is simply your self-serving way of getting mad at me for not being willing to subject myself to your antagonism or negativity.

Just know this--I will delete any and all overly disrespectful commentary.  It's okay to disagree with or dislike what I have to say--but, the fact is, you can't tell me I am wrong about my feelings--those are entirely subjective and no one is wrong for feeling how they feel about something or someone. Also...if you want to attempt to harass, bully or victimize someone, you need to know and understand that it's not going to be me...or Tripp for that matter.  

There's a whole big world of internet out there, go find someone who will better tolerate your nonsense (I am sure there are websites that pander to just that type of thing), or give you the attention/reaction you seem to be looking for.  This isn't the place for it.  Go find someplace else to "empower" yourself.  I'm not going to reward your assholery with any kind of courtesy so you can feel like your merciless condescension or harsh judgements are somehow respected and tolerated as legitimate.

They're not respected by me.  They never will be.

We're all grown ups here, and if you're not a grownup--then you shouldn't be visiting this blog. (although, that might explain a lot...)  And the bottom line to all this rhetoric is this:

Simple as that--just sayin'...