Troll'd

So an interesting thing just happened.

Something that I genuinely didn't think would ever happen on this blog, as my viewership is fairly small.

Out of the two blogs that I write, this one is by far the quieter one, only frequented a fraction of what my other, far more controversial blog is.

And yet, here we are, at a milestone....

...I received my first negative comment!!!

Yes, ladies and gents. Some random stranger decided they didn't like what I wrote and needed to say something rude about it.

The topic was regarding blogger Katie Vyktoriah and her recent experience with her son at Walmart. Apparently throwing a shout-out of support to a mother who experienced something unfortunate is suddenly worthy of verbal abuse and a personal attack.

Hmmm...

Well, okay. If you don't like that I gave this woman any attention at all, that's fine I guess.

But no, it doesn't mean that I am "scary gullible" or "willing to believe everything" I read.

Could this woman have made it up? Okay, sure, perhaps that's possible.

Do I agree with the fact that she didn't report the man or ask for help? No, I don't. Were that my child in the situation I would have made a much bigger stink about it and reported him to (at the very least) store management. After all, CCTV cameras are there for a reason.

However, regardless of if you agree with how she handled the situation or not (and even in the off chance that it never even happened), the very thought that things like this DO happen on a regular basis to people all over the country is disheartening, and that was the overarching issue in the situation- the general intolerance of those perceived to be different from ourselves.

And the fact that people like my little commenter decide that it is better to go after those who express opinions against ignorant acts of rudeness is also disheartening. I guess the bigger issue, in an overall sense, is that fact that people are incapable of having polite and civilized discourse, and instead feel the need to attack those they have differing opinions from.

But I'm not too fazed by it, because for one, I am perfectly comfortable with people having different opinions than mine (I encourage it, in fact, because a healthy debate is good for the soul), and for two, it is far too easy these days for people who hide behind a keyboard and post negative comments to perfect strangers.

So thank you for your input, my dear commenter, and thanks for helping me reach a blogging milestone. I appreciate your point of view, and I sincerely hope you have a pleasant day.