Even for me

I recently got a comment on my blog stating that, “Not to say your opinion is wrong, but calling it the 'bold truth' is a bit far fetched. Even for you”. I was atypically ranting on this blog, something that my other blog is used for, quiet emphatically for that matter. My other blog is posted anonymously because the things I rant about or people I'm ranting about I would like to remain anonymous to protect them. Even though I come across as a jerk in the anonymous blog, I do not wish to actually harm people or their reputations. We all have skeletons in our closet and probably don't want them aired out for the general population. So a dichotomy exists with each blog being a portion of me. The things I'd like to say versus the things I'm willing to publicly admit, my ego as apposed to my super ego.

 

The rant in question on this blog was a piece I wrote about Robin Williams suicide. You don't have to agree with me. There is this great thing that my Grandfathers fought for called freedom. It's the reason we can speak our minds and we aren't running around in short pants and jack boots. So I welcome a difference of opinion. The part that made me particularly angry was the jab at the end. “Even for you”. It says several things to me. Firstly, it implies that you know me or believe you know me personally. Which is great. You obviously didn't wish to hurt my feelings because you remained anonymous while publicly chastising me. Secondly, you believe that my opinions are far fetched in totally which you have a right to your opinion. I just wonder why then you read my blog if my opinions don't coincide with your own? Thirdly, the even for you implied that you believe that your opinions have more value or are more correct than mine. While stating that I have a right to my own opinion you quantify it with the even for you which states you believe that your opinion is superior to my own, which contradicts the statement that says not to say my opinion is wrong. Your contradicting comment leaves me wondering just who you believe you are and just who you believe you are to me. I have stood toe to toe arguing my point with friends who have vastly differing opinions from me and still managed to be friends with them and respect them. They show respect for me by acknowledging my right to an opinion and their right to their own. We share idea's and perhaps we change each others minds or perhaps we don't. It's all about communication and accepting each other for who we are. Even though we may not see eye to eye we acknowledge that we have differing opinions with out saying that they are far fetched just different. Fourthly, the even for you comment attempts to “knock me down a peg” by stating not only is this opinion far fetched but the whole of my existence is far fetched. Which again states that you believe that you are superior to me. So in taking a look at your comment and the mode in which you stated it I can draw these conclusions. It is a bold statement you make from the shadows of anonymity. Fifthly, there is final conclusion that I can draw from this statement in totality and the guise that you posted it on. You are insecure. You are either insecure in your relationship with myself, or you are insecure voicing your opinion publicly. I pity you on either point. You see, I'm not the type of person who is not personally threatened by differing opinions. This is how we learn and grow as a civilization. We are not all mindless automatons who answer in the same way. If we don't question our beliefs or allow others to question our beliefs than we don't truly understand them. If we don't understand our beliefs and are blindly following them it leads to the misguided belief that our beliefs and values are better than others which makes us as individuals egocentric. If you are egocentric than you don't have an opportunity to grow and change and better yourself as a human-being and that in and of it's self is a tragedy. Perhaps the next time you wish to voice your opinion of difference you may wish to think a little more carefully about the words that you choose. And that is just my humble observation and opinion.