Writing is hard, writing what you mean without any possibility of misinterpretation is even harder

[BronxBoy]

128. Thankful for a thoughtful post

Yes. Writing is hard. It's very hard. Especially in this age of the Internet when previously private thoughts can be spread around the world in a matter of minutes. I get it.

But you know what else is hard...probably even harder? Owning up to the words you take the trouble to put down on a medium. Yes...It's possible that we may have misunderstood the poster just as they misunderstood the sign they apparently couldn't wait to trash when she got in front of a computer. But the poster never took the opportunity to clarify her remarks in a very long thread even when asked to do so. Several posters pointed out the fact there were some problems with the OP's logic yet the OP never addressed this. You don't get to write something and, when faced an overwhelmingly negative reaction, either not address the criticisms or erase the very writing that people had a problem with.

Sorry...If you put it out there, you can't hide behind the shield of misconception when people challenge you. It's not a copy editors job nor another posters job to clarify the meaning of the words you yourself have chosen to put out to the world. If you aren't willing to take ownership of those words and defend them if you think they are true, then those words amount to nothing. Absolutely nothing.