I'm exactly the opposite. I never bother being hateful on here, just coz I don't see the point. I can be really hateful and bitchy in real life (allthough I almost never am... but I could be. I guess... ANYhooo!), but being hateful and bitchy in some internet forum... well I personally think it's very juvenile and basically just a waste of my time.
I agree with you. And that's why I was hoping to try and figure out what could motivate somebody to become so hateful on here. And I'm actually starting to see why. Peace, ~PD
I think it's more than just releasing suppressed R/L emotions on a message board because it's easy to do. That's more of a personal thing. Group behavior is a beast entirely unto itself, and there are even studies going on to determine how people who get their social interaction online differ from people who don't. Personally, I think it's more of a mob mentality that's triggered. Almost like an argument between several people, but instead of seeing who can shout the loudest (as this is a message board), people are as mean or as cold as possible, to make themselves stand out. Maybe. heh... Summarizing behavior isn't exactly an easy thing to do.
There's a book called Garbage People. It's all about the early days of Manson and his so-called family. A lot more revealing than the bestseller Helter Skelter. Anyway, as soon as Manson got out of prison (this was a few years before Sharon Tate was murdered) he hotfooted it to where all the hippies were hanging out, so he could begin his con all about being a songwriter/prophet. He let his hair grow out, and began to dress and act as the hippies were doing. So he superficially became a hippie because he knew he'd have a better chance of being able to control and manipulate others that way. So yeah, Manson tried to be a hippie big time. Even though he claimed not to have much respect for them. Peace, ~PD
Yeah, I think the mob mentality thing is worth taking a look at. I mean, I wouldn't rule it out. Some of the more angry threads on here recently have received well over a hundred comments. Peace, ~PD
It’s spoken through stingy sage that Sulfur shores were formed by a Constant river of gin and scotch Flowing through a desirous heart Lost among the calamity of passion and The two-ton secrets of solemnity Forever existing, no longer sure Of their own mutuality It’s been said that one could find Beneath the chandelier graveyards A criminal of disasters, a jester for The final page-turning machines Sought among the simplicity of insolence And the stripes along the jaw-lines Of the breeding grounds, this soil Isn’t out to stud quite yet It’s been seen through the thinnest eyes Of the scourging scores of scowlers That the heart of Saturday nights Are littered with the hearts of minds Caught among the shrill desires of The callow children believing In their insolence, yet they Aren’t the furious end of death Yes. I am.
HOWL I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix..... ~Allen Ginsberg FROM SONG OF MYSELF I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loaf and invite my soul, I lean and loaf at my ease observing a spear of summer grass... ~Walt Whitman 435 Much Madness is divinest Sense~ To a discerning Eye~ Much Sense~the starkest Madness~ 'Tis the Majority In this, as All, prevail~ Assent~and you are sane~ Demur~you're straightway dangerous~ And handled with a Chain~ ~Emily Dickinson And. So. Are. THEY. Peace, ~PD
Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. ~Dylan Thomas No. You. Just. Fucking. Hate. Peace, ~PD
well, personally, im done being angry on here... like that one guy that i never even heard of before last night, started attacking me.. and sending me pm's calling me all kinds of names. never even heard of the dude. but i realized that me arguing with those people was really starting to cut into my energy. it was starting to suck, so now, i am done.
I agree with you 100%.. And for that I shall shower you with flowers and hearts as a sign of my agreement... I shall send you happiness and smarties
That sounds like a really good idea. I'm glad you are able to see just how unhealthy a lot of that negativity can be. And it seems like you've learned a lot from this experience, so don't beat yourself up. Just keep on doin' the best you can, and the rest will fall into place. Peace, ~PD