Comments on Clever Title TK: Where's the Love?

These people have always been out there, but the i...

2009-08-10T06:01:54.047-04:00

These people have always been out there, but the internet is like bug spray. Everyone crawls out of the wood. Anyone who writes a comment like that- about Maddie- is obviously seriously disturbed. To attack someone grieving the death of a child is to announce you are mentally ill.

Jennifer - this is so well written - you amaze me....

2009-07-02T23:36:13.104-04:00

Jennifer - this is so well written - you amaze me. The truth is, I too, believe that the people like Brighteyeangels, Kelly and Anonymous are EXTREMELY unhappy people. I imagine they are locked in some miserable hovel of a life and their only outlet is to spread hatred in the hopes of bringing that same type of misery to other....they love company, right?

I also have to say, while I was initially offended, appalled and wounded, I do believe what was said to me doesn't carry an ounce of the venom that Kelly directed at Heather. Telling me I'm ugly? That my kids and husband are? My anger at those coments disappears entirely in the face of someone like Kelly's idiocy. To direct that kind of drivel at a grieving mother? That is a special kind of evil.

And I do believe in karma.

And Brenna -you better believe Heather's supporters came out in droves - the comments are worth reading - if only to know that so many people have their hearts in the right place - and would never, EVER kick someone while they are down the way Kelly did.

{hugs}

It's telling that when I saw I'd gotten an...

2009-07-02T13:20:08.522-04:00

It's telling that when I saw I'd gotten an anonymous comment, I got a little nervous, no?

You stuipid bit... Oh, wait sorry. It's me, yo...

2009-07-02T11:12:06.802-04:00

You stuipid bit... Oh, wait sorry. It's me, your brother.

Jen, this is a really good column. Some people are just plain ugly. After yesterday's beautiful little piece in the Post about Denyce Graves getting remarried, someone posted a comment taking issue with the paper's characterization of her as "the foremost diva of her time." The commenter said that calling her that was like calling Jason Campbell the "foremost quarterback of his generation." And all I could think was, it's a story about two people finding love. Why on earth would anyone choose that moment to take pop shots at Denyce's star quality.

People are mean. People are jealous. People are uneducated. People are catty. People are bitter. People are.......

Matt

As much as I appreciate the amazing community-buil...

2009-07-02T03:08:20.113-04:00

As much as I appreciate the amazing community-building aspects of the Internet, the darker flip-side is really ugly and scary. I appreciate Sarah's reply about how it must feel to be one of the trolls, and can only hope that there MUST be some kind of karma for those willing to spew such hateful comments. Kelly's comment toward Heather in particular hits close to home for me. I can only hope Heather receives 1,000 supportive comments for every "Kelly" comment out there (actually, I wish Kelly had never taken the time to write such a hurtful reply, but unfortunately I can't wish that away for Heather...). I'm realizing that I probably haven't given enough thought to what people open themselves up to by blogging.

Ugh. It's sad that these people spend so much...

2009-07-01T14:39:44.500-04:00

Ugh. It's sad that these people spend so much time and energy directing such viciousness at others. It would be amazing to see what they could do if they could put that energy into something good.

The only thing that makes me feel better about peo...

2009-07-01T14:25:23.846-04:00

The only thing that makes me feel better about people like Anonymous, Brighteyeangels and Kellies of the world is to think how grateful I am not to be them--how awful it must be to live inside their hate-filled little brains.

I feel like all I can do is add my positive support to those people like Dooce and Heather who are the targets of those bottom-feeders. There is something sinister about the facelessness and lack of accountability that comes with the online world.