Saturday, February 4, 2012

Arguing

I am very pro-life.  That said, I often follow pro-life blogs and sites including Live Action, founded by Lila Rose.  These people are dedicated to bringing the truth about abortion (and abortion clinics like Planned Parenthood) to the light.  I really like them.  Too many people are afraid to speak up about why they feel pro-life, but these people have taken a stand and boldly write to thousands (perhaps millions) about the ugly truth about abortion.
I was reading an article earlier today written by a woman named Kristie Walker.  It talked about how she was once pro-choice.  Then, once I finished, I went to where I never should have gone: the comments section.
Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you this: trolls don't live in mountains or beneath bridges.  They live on the Internet.
I was being stupid.  No matter what's posted, there will always be trolls.  I probably forgot about this.  So of course there were trolls down there making personal attacks on the writer.  Which made my blood boil.  I.  Cannot.  Stand it.  When people do this.
I am always open to debating on abortion.  No one really has argued with me on the subject (so if you'd like to, send me a message!).  However, if anyone ever tried that with me, I'd simply assume they are foolish cowards with nothing left to argue.  Because they are.  They have nothing left to say that would actually make sense, so they simply attack their opponent instead.  It's complete cowardice.  And it is, in my opinion, a waste of time.
I remember signing a petition to help get Cosmo magazine in a plastic non-transparent bag and sold only to legal adults.  Seriously, their covers are inappropriate for kids.  The woman who started this petition and campaign, Nicole, encouraged us on Facebook to post and comment on Kate White's page (she's the editor) encouraging her to go ahead and put the magazines in a plastic bag.  I seriously doubt that she has the time and patience to go through her page and look at all our comments, but hey, who knows?  So I posted a few times, saying that I wouldn't want my sister to see that kind of stuff while walking around in Wal-Mart and that it wasn't helping young girls.  There have been girls as young as 11 who have been hurt by the lies produced by this magazine.  Not once did I make an attack on her or her daughter or anything.  Unfortunately, I believe some of the others did, and this one woman called us all trolls that were probably all 14 years old and blah blah blah.
It sort of hurt because that wasn't my intention.  But some others bashed her.  I'm sure that they either were passionate about the subject or were simply clueless.  And some of them probably were 14 years old.  (Isn't this sad?  I'm 15!)  Nicole's blog is for preteen and teen girls, so it's pretty likely.  But I find it disappointing.  I have to wonder if they were posting out of love, for the protection of young girls, or out of hate and disgust so that they could do some Kate-bashing.  
     

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