Bad Day

[nfotxn]

I've had a bad last few days, I admit. I wrote a post this morning that has a core to it I believe in but the wording was definitely too hot.

What's disappointing is supposed "friends" who couldn't give a shit about what I write here unless they want to chime in and shame me. I'm glad my opinion is that important and well respected but I'm also human and well flawed. I apologize for that, for whatever that is worth.

But, geeze, if that doesn't make you feel like shit on top of already feeling pretty poor for other reasons. I think I generally write in a pretty evenly keeled tone and I'd just like to have a bit more respect than that. I think I tend to give that much.

Comments

[teddyb.livejournal.com]

Brodie, I can't think of anything you've posted recently that anyone would consider "flame worthy". I don't always agree with your view on things, but I think your opinions are generally well supported by logic and reason.

Some people are just compulsive critics.

Consider the source. *grin*

Supposed = key word

[bearsgonewild.livejournal.com]

It's your friggin blog. Write what you want. And remember that your friends list is really just a list of people who read what you write. Or pretend that they do. Your real friends will understand you, not shame you.

[jawnbc]

I"m sorry for not considering that.

[oakthorne.livejournal.com]

You have nothing but my deepest apologies.

I am clearly a little too sensitive regarding that subject, and should have gone not with my first impulse, but the thought that followed it: "Maybe I shouldn't."

I'll heed that second one from now on. For what it's worth, my intention was never to flame. I'll definitely be keeping my nose out of it in the future.

Joe

[sluggobear.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, maybe it just illustrates that some people don't comment unless there's a discussion worth having?

Just a thought. I honestly don't know the answer.

[kingfuraday.livejournal.com]

Hey there honey snookums...

"I think I generally write in a pretty evenly keeled tone"

You do - and your post today was so out there and devoid of tact, diplomacy, and empathy... It surprised me. Yes, Americans are generally dopey and ethnocentric and it took a huge tragedy on our own soil to make us even consider opening our eyes about the reality of things outside of our borders. All true. Also true that the actions of our government in the last 50 to 60 years brought all of this about. Still true.

9/11 is not just sadness of death... it's sadness of loss... and not just the loss of life... it's the loss of a perception of our country (that granted, was not reality based). So on 9/11 we don't just grieve for those who have fallen... we grieve for a country that has lost its way. And we feel the shame (or we ignore why we should feel shame) for the actions of the past that lead to the events that took place.

Folks who know you, know where your heart is. Folks who don't got their panties in a bunch and flipped out. I give you props for putting out a completely unfiltered opinion - even if I don't totally agree with it. That takes balls.

[sluggobear.livejournal.com]

it took a huge tragedy on our own soil to make us even consider opening our eyes about the reality of things outside of our borders.

I would argue that many (most?) Americans still have no clue about what happens outside our borders.

[kingfuraday.livejournal.com]

exactly - that's why I put "even consider" because the majority of people simply do not... And the blame doesn't land entirely on the individual. We have this stupid ethnocentric "We're #1" World Police culture that is tragically outdated and directly contributed to the events of 9/11.

for some reason, this comes to mind...

"We're dicks! We're reckless, arrogant, stupid dicks. And the Film Actors Guild are pussies. And Kim Jong Il is an asshole. Pussies don't like dicks, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes: assholes that just want to shit on everything. Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way. But the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick, with some balls. The problem with dicks is: they fuck too much or fuck when it isn't appropriate - and it takes a pussy to show them that. But sometimes, pussies can be so full of shit that they become assholes themselves... because pussies are an inch and half away from ass holes. I don't know much about this crazy, crazy world, but I do know this: If you don't let us fuck this asshole, we're going to have our dicks and pussies all covered in shit!"

[grimmlok.livejournal.com]

You put it more delicately than I would have.. and you also put it better than I would have.

I recognize the need to mourn loss, but not turn it into a circus of grotesquery.

It's a time to remember, and to ask questions.. and to not simply swallow the first emotionally satisfying, flip answer that comes along.

Unfortunately that hasn't happened yet, and I understand how the displays can seem false and sickening. I've tried to avoid them.

You put it out there, and it was unvarnished. I respect that.

[teddyb.livejournal.com]

Well said.

I understand the mourning, but it makes my blood boil to see how this has been twisted and used in such sickening ways.

I wouldn't have put it the way Brodie did, but then again, maybe it is good that it was put out there raw.

[robearal.livejournal.com]

I feel that your post was spot-on, and it got the expected knee-jerk reactionism that just proved your point.

[bookbear.livejournal.com]

I think I generally write in a pretty evenly keeled tone

Yeah, you do, which is why it took some of us by surprise, that's all. I hope I gave you enough props in my response to let you know that despite this one instance, I still regard you as an important and gratifying LJ friend find, and will continue to appreciate your wit, intelligence and style.

(Oh, wait...I guess I did sort of call you an asshole, in a round about way, huh? Yeah. Sorry about that. I didn't mean to stoop to name-calling. But look at it this way - yes, what you wrote was important enough to elicit a reaction. It also made me really think about some things which I haven't done in a long time, so I thank you for that.)

And for whatever else negative that's going on, I hope it smoothes out soon.

[abearius.livejournal.com]

Ok. So you won't go to Hell because you hate musclebears.

opinions are like assholes

[whiskerfish.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't shame you for it and I wouldn't commend you for it.
I did my best to avoid/ignore everything concerning 9/11.
I read your post and moved on.
I think since your post inspired so many to speak up it did its job well.

[slate-canada.livejournal.com]

Yeah, where's your compassion dude? Ten years from now when Asia is the new super power of the world and all of America is repossessed and sold off to IT companies in India while American children are suffering slow painful deaths from Chinese lead paint you're going to feel like SUCH a jerk. Be nice, so we can take fabulous holidays there once their dollar is only worth $.50 Canadian.