I'm often afraid to comment on very touchy subjects for this very reason. I have to choose my words very carefully, but even then if something I say sounds like it could be taken two different ways it's often taken the way I don't intend.
I'm terrified of offending people, or of having people think less of me or be angry at me, so often I'll stay quiet to avoid that.
Commenting on the internet can be delicate because it's hard to convey emotion with text, and so easier for people to take things the wrong way. Also in some cases people don't see the consequences of the things they say to people (for example they won't see someone cry after someone says something hurtful to them), and so speak more harshly than they would do in person.
I think this is a bit of a tangent to your rant, but these are thoughts that it brings up for me.
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Date: 2009-05-14 11:44 pm (UTC)I'm terrified of offending people, or of having people think less of me or be angry at me, so often I'll stay quiet to avoid that.
Commenting on the internet can be delicate because it's hard to convey emotion with text, and so easier for people to take things the wrong way. Also in some cases people don't see the consequences of the things they say to people (for example they won't see someone cry after someone says something hurtful to them), and so speak more harshly than they would do in person.
I think this is a bit of a tangent to your rant, but these are thoughts that it brings up for me.