blogging arguments…

Do you ever find it exhausting to argue on the internet?  The other day I read on a randomly found blog that the blogger said something I really disagreed with.  It was a public blog in a format open for comments.  So, naturally being me, I responded -not in an attacking way- that I disagreed with what she said & that she should consider changing her perspective on a certain issue.  

Well, well, well.  She wrote me back, privately saying something along the lines of “don’t you go wagging your finger at me when you’ve never read or commented on my blog before.”  Sheesh.  I guess I didn’t know you had to be a faithful blog reader of someone’s to make a comment, whether positive or negative.  So, naturally I repsponded kindly that I wasn’t sure what my readership had to do with the topic at hand.  She replied back that she’d respond to me publicly on her blog.

So, I go back to her blog & she completely defended herself.  Which, is fine with me, I’m okay to disagree.  It’s a PUBLIC blog after all, isn’t that sort of the point?  We all pass around differing viewpoints, etc.  Whatever.  But what made this whole episode exhausting to me is that someone else then commented under her comment which essentially said, “Grace, why are you badmouthing ____?  Do you even know her, have you even met her?  She is a sweetheart & she doesn’t deserve this…. on & on…”

What on earth?  I feel lost in some sort of alternate reality.  I did not badmouth her  at all.  I simply stated that her content was inappropriate.  And -in my opinion- it was very inappropriate.  Does anyone understand that when you write a PUBLIC blog & leave your PUBLIC blog open for comments people are bound to disagree with you?  Why do I have to know so & so is a “sweetheart” to disagree with her?  

So many people have been offended at things I’ve blogged about it & do you know what I say to them?  Either “I’m sorry,” OR “here’s why I defend what I said…”  Most of the time, I have to say, “I’m really sort of a butt-head some times & I’m really sorry if I came off that way.”  I’ve apologized 1,000 times for poor blogging content.  

So, I guess I just expected this lady would have some sort of similar attitude.  Unfortunately, I found the whole exchange from her to be a fairly immature way of handling the whole situation.  Especially given that her blog is filled with Christian ad’s & her blog is directed toward Christian woman.  I’d hoped to get more of a “thanks, Grace for your comment, I’ll consider that.”  Oh well.

I have purposely left off the web address or a link to the said blog.  I think it’s actually an appropriate response to the frustration I’m feeling right now.