Answer this when you are awake, sane as you can get and whatever else passes for normal.
Why should I be quiet when I am being, from what my little feeble senses can tell me, bullied by someone?
Why should I be quiet just because someone else doesn't like my opinion?
That's all these last two blow-ups have been.. someone blowing up at something causing great shouting matches. I do feel like I was being bullied to recant an opinion I held to be truthful, and even after stating that I, like everyone else, have that right to say these things, AND while poorly worded express my opinion that I was being bullied by someone through words, to NOT state that opinion.
I'll even take a bit further, since I'm in for a penny, may as well go for the pound... Even when I had further apologized for expressing my feelings and opinion, it still wasn't good enough.. she had to keep going on and on, even to the point where she encouraged others to 'bait' me in her responses to her own LJ posts?
Tell me why I shouldn't stand up for myself against someone who thinks it's okay and morally acceptable to suppress and abuse someone who is mentally ill and has poor communications skills, due to their lack of training and/or use?
Tell me then why I should be quiet and not stand up for myself.
You have been a good friend, and I would hope that you, of all people, having known me for this long, would know that I am not what some people now make me out to be, as I imagine they are.
I felt like I was in school all over again, totally helpless against the school bully. And because I finally stood up to the school bully, rather than being applauded, I was excluded from the 'cool kids' club.
Okay. I've taken some time, and here's my thoughts.
Some people just don't understand that I don't always understand things. I did see it as an attack, even though it wasn't.
What's pissed me off the most over these last two events was basically, how people rushed to her side, and no matter what I said, it didn't matter.
I lost a lot of good friends due to a lot of stupidity on both sides, from my side of the fence.
Seeing a semi-mocking post in response to my rather lengthy diatribe didn't help things either. This is what I have the complaint about. It may have been 'harmless' snark, but to me, it was mocking and derogatory.
She's done that before with the other post that she raised hell about. I just don't see why I have to be the one to yield with situations like this. Would it really hurt for her to admit that she may have contributed to the mess as well? I think that both sides of the mess are taking it as you say, 'all about you'.
I'm not perfect, but I seem to be the only one willing to admit it.
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Why should I be quiet when I am being, from what my little feeble senses can tell me, bullied by someone?
Why should I be quiet just because someone else doesn't like my opinion?
That's all these last two blow-ups have been.. someone blowing up at something causing great shouting matches. I do feel like I was being bullied to recant an opinion I held to be truthful, and even after stating that I, like everyone else, have that right to say these things, AND while poorly worded express my opinion that I was being bullied by someone through words, to NOT state that opinion.
I'll even take a bit further, since I'm in for a penny, may as well go for the pound...
Even when I had further apologized for expressing my feelings and opinion, it still wasn't good enough.. she had to keep going on and on, even to the point where she encouraged others to 'bait' me in her responses to her own LJ posts?
Tell me why I shouldn't stand up for myself against someone who thinks it's okay and morally acceptable to suppress and abuse someone who is mentally ill and has poor communications skills, due to their lack of training and/or use?
Tell me then why I should be quiet and not stand up for myself.
You have been a good friend, and I would hope that you, of all people, having known me for this long, would know that I am not what some people now make me out to be, as I imagine they are.
I felt like I was in school all over again, totally helpless against the school bully.
And because I finally stood up to the school bully, rather than being applauded, I was excluded from the 'cool kids' club.
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Take a step back and realize this is NOT all about you.
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Some people just don't understand that I don't always understand things.
I did see it as an attack, even though it wasn't.
What's pissed me off the most over these last two events was basically, how people rushed to her side, and no matter what I said, it didn't matter.
I lost a lot of good friends due to a lot of stupidity on both sides, from my side of the fence.
Seeing a semi-mocking post in response to my rather lengthy diatribe didn't help things either.
This is what I have the complaint about. It may have been 'harmless' snark, but to me, it was mocking and derogatory.
She's done that before with the other post that she raised hell about.
I just don't see why I have to be the one to yield with situations like this.
Would it really hurt for her to admit that she may have contributed to the mess as well?
I think that both sides of the mess are taking it as you say, 'all about you'.
I'm not perfect, but I seem to be the only one willing to admit it.