It’s been about six months since I started writing this blog and in that time I’ve become a lot more familiar with this odd shadow world of blogs.
I’m not so sure it’s a world with which I would want to spend too much time.
Oh, don’t get me wrong. I’ve enjoyed writing about my little world, getting to hear from a lot of diverse people and I often enjoy reading the blogs of others. There are many people who produce wonderful blogs, full of humor and insight. But on the flipside, all too often, it’s a non-stop freakshow of anger and hatred. Idiocy and lunacy. An endless display of moronic babble, people who nitpick and dissect every miniscule detail of whatever happens to piss them off that day. These are people whose idea of reasonable debate is to yell louder and longer than the next guy, throwing all logic aside and spewing venom from the behind the veil of their cyber-anonymity.
As you can see, their rants incite rage.
Hey, I understand anger. I understand rage. But my anger and rage can be quelled with reason and rational thought. Many of these idjits remind me of those poor dogs who are chained to doghouses all alone. They have no contact and become increasingly mad, barking and snarling at everyone and everything.
I don’t know, maybe these people are like those pitiful dogs. Maybe they need some compassion. Perhaps they need some kindness. Maybe they need to shed a tear or two…
Well, here’s a song from Johnny Cash singing his version of the Loudon Wainwright song, The Man Who Couldn’t Cry. Maybe these folks should put down their poison pens and give a listen. Couldn’t hurt…
Redtree Times 
As someone who has been writing a blog for three years, I know how hard it is to keep posting new material. That said, my hat is off to you, Gary. You have consistently posted new and interesting stuff every day and that’s a feat to be admired.
And yes, I could see myself in your description “…moronic babble, people who nitpick and dissect every miniscule detail of whatever happens to piss them off that day.”
Too often I am guilty as charged.
I hope you don’t stop because I would miss this place, but I would certainly understand if you decided your time was better spent elsewhere.
David–
Yours is one of the bright spots in the blogosphere. Smart and funny but with a bite. I enjoy your occasional rants because they are inevitably based in logic, not crazy perceptions of the world based on fantasy and fear. Jesus, those guys give me the willies…
Hi,
I like your above article. Hatred is an emotion that I have never understood. I know that life can and is sometimes a difficult day-to day, however each day is life. I can think of nothing more sacred and special than Life. What a dream…Please continue to write.
Thanks!
Phil Edwards
Thanks, Phil-
I appreciate your kind comments and plan on continuing to write. It’s just sometimes when I stop and read a few of these extreme blogs I am disheartened a bit because I know they will always be there and will never be swayed by common sense or logical debate. But as I said, there are many good folks out there who can see through this fog of hatred and marshall on.
Thanks, again, Phil.
Ah, you turn my head, Mr. Myers. I’m happy we’ll still have you to kick around.
As it looks now, I’ll be able to make DC for your visit in June.
I had no idea Johnny Cash did this song, but how fitting for your blog subject. You are so right about the anger out there, everywhere. Thankfully it seems, in my piece of this world, I don’t recognize the anger and hatred as much. Maybe because I choose not to give it notice, maybe because I believe as you that I can change that aspect of myself therefore I feel others otta do the same and when they don’t, I figure to each their own and go about my own business and just ignore their bad behavior by not buying into it.
I feel very blessed as we all are if we look to that,
peace n abundance
CheyAnne
I, too, try to live above the bad behavior that I encounter in day to day life because as I said, people so filled with anger and hatred will not be swayed by logic unless it’s delivered in a way that doesn’t confront them, doesn’t feed their belief that they are being attacked. I agree with you that I do not have to react to bad behavior with bad behavior of my own. Thanks!