Would you be proud?

mattsl1983
mattsl1983 Posts: 711
in A Moving Train
Would you be proud and stand by everything you’ve said in this forum if it was made public and all your words and reply’s were posted on your MySpace or Facebook?  I excluded twitter because from what I understand how it works is you can just say things and hope someone repeats them.  Nothing personal about twitter.
«1

Comments

  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,391
    mattsl1983 said:
    Would you be proud and stand by everything you’ve said in this forum if it was made public and all your words and reply’s were posted on your MySpace or Facebook?  I excluded twitter because from what I understand how it works is you can just say things and hope someone repeats them.  Nothing personal about twitter.
    If they were shown in isolation, not always. If they were shown with context (ie the conversations and not just my own words), yes.
    '05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

    EV
    Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,880
    benjs said:
    mattsl1983 said:
    Would you be proud and stand by everything you’ve said in this forum if it was made public and all your words and reply’s were posted on your MySpace or Facebook?  I excluded twitter because from what I understand how it works is you can just say things and hope someone repeats them.  Nothing personal about twitter.
    If they were shown in isolation, not always. If they were shown with context (ie the conversations and not just my own words), yes.
    I agree with this. Although there would still be some gems that I’m sure I wish I didn’t write. But overall, in context, I’d be fine with it
    hippiemom = goodness
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    No.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,871
    Roseanne is a moron twenty times over, she deserves what she gets.
    If this were one of the first 4-5 times she had done something stupid like this I think people might be more understanding.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • mattsl1983
    mattsl1983 Posts: 711
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Roseanne is a moron twenty times over, she deserves what she gets.
    If this were one of the first 4-5 times she had done something stupid like this I think people might be more understanding.

    Huh?  Wrong thread.
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,391
    mattsl1983 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Roseanne is a moron twenty times over, she deserves what she gets.
    If this were one of the first 4-5 times she had done something stupid like this I think people might be more understanding.

    Huh?  Wrong thread.
    You seemed to have started two threads - one about accountability and what you perceive as an attack on freedom of speech, the other about an anecdote you're using to make a point. These are birds of a feather. People bear the social cost of the words they say - that's why bullies get called pricks and get ostracized or removed from their social and (often workplace) communities. Get over it. THIS IS NOT NEW. In kindergarten, the mean kids rarely had friends as a result of them being mean kids. 
    '05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

    EV
    Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
  • mattsl1983
    mattsl1983 Posts: 711
    benjs said:
    mattsl1983 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Roseanne is a moron twenty times over, she deserves what she gets.
    If this were one of the first 4-5 times she had done something stupid like this I think people might be more understanding.

    Huh?  Wrong thread.
    You seemed to have started two threads - one about accountability and what you perceive as an attack on freedom of speech, the other about an anecdote you're using to make a point. These are birds of a feather. People bear the social cost of the words they say - that's why bullies get called pricks and get ostracized or removed from their social and (often workplace) communities. Get over it. THIS IS NOT NEW. In kindergarten, the mean kids rarely had friends as a result of them being mean kids. 
    I think this thread is pretty self explanatory, kind of stands on its own.  But if you want to bring baggage in from other places that’s on you.
  • mattsl1983
    mattsl1983 Posts: 711
    benjs said:
    mattsl1983 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Roseanne is a moron twenty times over, she deserves what she gets.
    If this were one of the first 4-5 times she had done something stupid like this I think people might be more understanding.

    Huh?  Wrong thread.
    You seemed to have started two threads - one about accountability and what you perceive as an attack on freedom of speech, the other about an anecdote you're using to make a point. These are birds of a feather. People bear the social cost of the words they say - that's why bullies get called pricks and get ostracized or removed from their social and (often workplace) communities. Get over it. THIS IS NOT NEW. In kindergarten, the mean kids rarely had friends as a result of them being mean kids. 
    Oh, and what was the other thread I started by the way?
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,391
    mattsl1983 said:
    benjs said:
    mattsl1983 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Roseanne is a moron twenty times over, she deserves what she gets.
    If this were one of the first 4-5 times she had done something stupid like this I think people might be more understanding.

    Huh?  Wrong thread.
    You seemed to have started two threads - one about accountability and what you perceive as an attack on freedom of speech, the other about an anecdote you're using to make a point. These are birds of a feather. People bear the social cost of the words they say - that's why bullies get called pricks and get ostracized or removed from their social and (often workplace) communities. Get over it. THIS IS NOT NEW. In kindergarten, the mean kids rarely had friends as a result of them being mean kids. 
    Oh, and what was the other thread I started by the way?
    Thought that was obvious. The one we're engaged in conversation on right now (Roseanne).
    '05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

    EV
    Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
  • mattsl1983
    mattsl1983 Posts: 711
    benjs said:
    mattsl1983 said:
    benjs said:
    mattsl1983 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Roseanne is a moron twenty times over, she deserves what she gets.
    If this were one of the first 4-5 times she had done something stupid like this I think people might be more understanding.

    Huh?  Wrong thread.
    You seemed to have started two threads - one about accountability and what you perceive as an attack on freedom of speech, the other about an anecdote you're using to make a point. These are birds of a feather. People bear the social cost of the words they say - that's why bullies get called pricks and get ostracized or removed from their social and (often workplace) communities. Get over it. THIS IS NOT NEW. In kindergarten, the mean kids rarely had friends as a result of them being mean kids. 
    Oh, and what was the other thread I started by the way?
    Thought that was obvious. The one we're engaged in conversation on right now (Roseanne).
    Well, I didn’t start that thread, I just commented on it.  I did start this one though.  You are more than welcome to answer this thread though and leave other conversations be were they are at.
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,143
    Myspace?! lol
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • mattsl1983
    mattsl1983 Posts: 711
    mcgruff10 said:
    Myspace?! lol
    Yea man, I’ve got a kicken MySpace, don’t you?
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    mcgruff10 said:
    Myspace?! lol
    Hopefully it doesn't end up on mIRC.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • mattsl1983
    mattsl1983 Posts: 711
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    Myspace?! lol
    Hopefully it doesn't end up on mIRC.
    I don’t even know what mIRC is.  Damn this post got hi jacked quick!
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    I don't give AF
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,458
    edited May 2018
    No problem at all. I've never said anything racist, threatening or normalized abhorrent behavior and actions. Swearing and expressing disgust over societal acceptance of guns at all costs, violence and a sex assaulter as POTUS are not things I'm worried about being judged on because I say the same thing in person to people I know. Too many people use social media to portray themselves as something they are not and when they slip up the reckoning comes hard. 
    Post edited by tbergs on
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,669
    Everything I've said?  No.  But when I've been shown to be wrong, I've not been afraid to say, "Yes, I was wrong", and when I've been an asshole I've not been afraid to say, "Yes, I was an asshole.  I apologize."
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,783
    I don’t have Facebook or any other social media I only post here and to tell you the truth I don’t give a rats ass what anyone thinks about my post oh yeah Roseanne & Orange bafoon can drive off a cliff together now that would be must watch TV ...
    don’t play naive you started this thread in response to the fact tha people are calling you out on your dismissal of her vile tweets ....
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,956
    proud probably not. i'm sure there are a few things i wouldn't be proud to have written.  stand by what I said?  mostly. I mean over a period of years opinions can change so I can't say i'd stand by all things i might have said 7 or 8 years ago.  
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,758
    benjs said:
    mattsl1983 said:
    Would you be proud and stand by everything you’ve said in this forum if it was made public and all your words and reply’s were posted on your MySpace or Facebook?  I excluded twitter because from what I understand how it works is you can just say things and hope someone repeats them.  Nothing personal about twitter.
    If they were shown in isolation, not always. If they were shown with context (ie the conversations and not just my own words), yes.
    this. including my rarely-used, yet still evocative FU's and GFY's. 
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




Categories