What an "Attack" Is -- a Definition for Non-Fools

One funny thing is lately I'm accused of "attacking" people, a lot. It's led me to realize people have a very skewed version of what "attack" means.

Here's the kind of comment I might typically make:

This person came to my web page and flamed me over a comment I made about a TV show.

This represents the entirety of my earlier "dummies" post which was deleted for being an "attack blog." But you know what's funny about that? There's no actual attacks--it merely describes an action a person took, and the motivation behind it. There's no name-calling (... well, except for the title of the post itself...), no flaming, no jokes about their dick size.... just saying "They did this." There is no possible way this could be an attack unless you know that a straight relation of your actions and attitudes paints you in a bad light, and if that's the case: I'm sorry, but try growing up. By that I mean: don't do things people might call you out for. And if you do, don't be shocked when it happens. You do the crime, you oughtta do the time.

The funny thing is that most people who get on my case like this post things like so:

People like you are less than worms to me. You are a smug, condescending jackass who should die in a fire.

What's funny there is that this IS an attack. Several names are called, an allusion is made that I should inflict self-harm (to appease this person's anger, apparently), and on top of that, this person never actually says what I did to anger them!

Now, compare the two styles, which honestly sounds like an "attack" to you?

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Now, a lot of people tell me its wrong to post about specific users. Apparently there's even a rule against it.

That is just silly. That would be like if eBay had a rule against ever leaving bad feedback for a seller, or if society in general had a law against ever speaking ill of people.

Keeping silence is basically the same as saying "I am okay with this, I would like to see it continue."

So, thanks, Fimfiction. You've just said that its wrong to point out the actions of people who make communication near-impossible, but its okay to go around calling people doodie-heads because if we call them on that, its the complainer who is at fault.