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Before I write any justification. To the people who have been absent-minded and has no perception of my state of mind, or are just judgmental or frustrated at what I post on my own property on the internet...
Feel free tell me otherwise - both in person or publicly post your anger, I don't really care. I will listen, but I will not change.
Let's get this straight - what I post on the internet is not anybody's business but mine.
Perhaps you may think I am ethically questionable from what you read, sure. That is your opinion and I don't care.
I don't post criminally offensive things on the internet - so no, I am not breaching the law.
Moreover, if you are an employer, and you will go all the way of finding a mutual friend of mine and yours, which is easy, by the 6-degrees-of-separation principle, and start judging me based on what I post in my own world to share with my "friends" on the lovely Facebook (and actually, this public blog for that matter), please do not contact me with opportunities. I don't want to work for you. I don't have to work for you.
Well, the thing is. I am an extremely opinionated, passionate, and expressive person. Yet I never say derogatory/controlling things to other people. I will never say anything mean to anyone, regardless of how absent-minded and ignorant I actually think you are.
So why is it that sometimes even a conversation between myself and a friend which were has no malicious intent whatsoever on my wall are met with malicious attacks?
I finally realized today - I'm not befriending the right people.
That is my own failure, being nice and easily approachable by everyone, even though I know from conversation that they have extremist opinions that I completely do not agree with nor do I want to listen. I still listened out of curiosity and respect for the speaker, and knowledge itself.
Though speaking with the wrong people leads to misrepresentation of knowledge, and sometimes it's better not have known at all.
This brings me back to that malicious Facebook attack by a friend of my mom's... who posted pictures after pictures of anti-Islamic messages on my Facebook after her own almost-racist pride, unintelligence, and, poor listening skills erupted a fight over religion on a simple Facebook status update of mine - excuse me, I have a lot of Muslim friends.
And a friend of mine telling me in person that I will get into trouble in Qatar because I will talk about anti-governmental/anti-social-value things, when I know that I am more open-minded and respect others' culture and social value more than most people I know. She was not even thinking when she said "no you are gonna say things [that are bad]".
And other stupid, racially judgmental comments that were hinted revolving where I will be working in the future.
And people who tell me not to be so crude on the internet - wash up and go to bed, don't look at my corner of the internet if it disturbs you so much.
Then I reflect finally, why is it that there are millions of intellectually inferior people to me and whose opinions are downright ignorant and... incorrect, and yet they have so much pride in their opinion, while I am like a little sheep that timidly and gently listens to them and do not show opposition nor objection?
Because I am stupid.
I am a fool, the most intellectually inferior person in this world, who has no defense mechanism that even newborn babies do.
I am nice to everyone. I stand for nothing, so I fall for EVERYTHING.
But that's ok. Because I realized that the fact I am nice to and accepting of everyone is not a weakness.
It's a powerful strength that judgmental, close-minded, ignorant people do not have.
Keep up the anger or hate. I am ready to listen.
And I am ready to express my mind to the fullest on my corner of the internet all the same.
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