Something I Need To Say

I had a really patriotic post planned for today, I was going to write all about Australia and how much I love this country with everything I have.

But something else needs addressing.

When people go onto Formspring, they don't want to see "LIKE OHMYGAWSH YOU ARE SO UGLY! >:(" or "WHY CAN'T YOU JUST GO DIE OR SOMETHING?!". They've made a Formspring to answer QUESTIONS. Real, valid questions. Okay, so this is where my point begins. I don't have Formspring because, to be honest, I find it to be one of the most destructive, confidence-shattering places on the Internet. Anonymous posters can leave you hate mail telling you to kill yourself all the time. Even if you choose not to publish it and nobody else knows, you do, and that hurts.

But what hurts worse... is that this hate has moved to Blogger. And that this hate isn't coming from low-life spammers anymore. This is coming from people we used to be friends with.

I'm going to come out with it: WHERE IS THE LOVE? What happened to when we could all log on to Blogger and say what we wanted without people trying to shove their own beliefs down our throats? What happened to being able to stand up for our rights without being accused of, among many other things, a "satanist" "disgusting" "fat" "ugly" "putrid", or, my personal favourite (read: sarcasm) "A piece of trash".

I used to come on here because I felt like I'm making a difference. Like everyone here could tolerate one another even if they weren't friends. I feel like when I talk about life, maybe one person will read it and hear me. I felt like I was helping the world.

Now, because of all this stupid hate, I feel like nobody hears me because they're more interested about who's dramatising what on Formspring! If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all!

We all used to be friends. I mean, isn't it bad enough that we get hated on by the rest of the world, you have to go pick on one another as well? You honestly can't just let one another live in peace? When it comes down to it, we're all we have. All those cryptic, snarky comments like "you know what you did :(" or "I can't believe you're not apologising" - it's not cute. It's just sad.

You wouldn't treat one another this way in real life! You wouldn't walk up to someone and say any of the above stuff! So why do it on the internet? It's because, if you're the one doing it... you're a coward. You have no ability to stand up for yourself and so you go on Internet forums where you can hide behind a login password and comment moderation, where you can make anyone believe anything about you.

Newsflash: THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. In real life, you can't just staple someone's mouth shut because you don't agree with them. You can't just insult them because you don't like their haircut. These are punishable sins.

I'm not accusing ANYBODY who I follow, have followed or who I've emailed. This is about a problem Blogger is experiencing IN GENERAL. I understand standing up for your beliefs. But does that mean you have to tear someone else's down? Aren't some of the things God teaches are patience, love, and tolerance?

Jealously, hatred, fighting - they don't impress anybody.

Especially God.

-A Solitary Blue