tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post3206002200579680737..comments2024-03-27T10:25:48.913-04:00Comments on Still Writing: On CivilityJ E Oneilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-34110291375957104652012-10-30T19:57:34.841-04:002012-10-30T19:57:34.841-04:00Online kind of takes our civility filters right ou...Online kind of takes our civility filters right out and we can end up taking things a bit too far.<br><br>I try to be civil, though periodically, if there's someone I encounter with regularity who's a blowhard, obnoxious, or bigoted creep in an online group, I'll let them have it.William Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-7685208986482888602012-10-23T15:28:10.234-04:002012-10-23T15:28:10.234-04:00I don't know. What can you do? I try to be nic...I don't know. What can you do? I try to be nice in my day to day dealings. I try to ignore those that use harsh words. You can't fix the world. You can only fix yourself.Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-7358952307074307842012-10-23T09:14:31.427-04:002012-10-23T09:14:31.427-04:00I have a fifteen year old son. He's not the po...I have a fifteen year old son. He's not the popular guy, but he isn't bullied either. Still, I won't let him have a Facebook account just because it would be so easy for students to attack if they decided he would make a good target. The anonymity of the internet makes it way too easy for people to be a-holes and get away with it.L.G.Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15762881276976395955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-33533961949981563952012-10-23T07:41:58.612-04:002012-10-23T07:41:58.612-04:00I hear ya. I don't have many good memories fro...I hear ya. I don't have many good memories from my school years because of bullying. The physical abuse stopped in junior high, but the verbal abuse and shunning went on until I started college. It's tough being the shy, awkward kid--and man, was I ever one of those!<br><br>While I can relate to the temptation to get things off our chests and how the anonymity of the internet makes that worse, I don't understand why people can't just be nice to one another. But then, I've never been terribly competitive.Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516493326566981116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-769837660960324832012-10-23T02:51:09.186-04:002012-10-23T02:51:09.186-04:00Online bullying is so scary. I can't even imag...Online bullying is so scary. I can't even imagine what might've happened to people I know if we'd had Facebook and all that stuff in my high school days. Yikes.Trishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927558937796802496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-81858283974212383522012-10-23T00:56:45.252-04:002012-10-23T00:56:45.252-04:00I think text and chat makes people forget that the...I think text and chat makes people forget that they're dealing with other humans and that words can harm. Non-face to face confrontation is safe in anonymity, so the bully feels even more freedom. I don't know how to fix this.Erin Kane Spockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05376851676240606472noreply@blogger.com