[TL;DR] A Rant on Broadcasting Negativity

[So I wasn't aware that TL;DR meant "this is too long; you probably didn't read it.. SO here is the short sum-up for ya!" All this time, I've been using it to mean.... stuff I write that is too long that you probably don't want to read. :c Which encompasses everything that I write. But I'll use it as a tag incorrectly anyway.]

Warning: This is purely my personal opinion, which you can feel free to disagree with. Take this as an essay; there is an invisible "I believe" in front of every sentence, and all stated "facts" are ones that I acknowledge albeit you may not. I'm not targeting any person(s) in particular and don't mean to let on a condescending tone. If you do not want to read this rant, please don't waste your time. Thank you.


I don't want to compare my peers--all of whom are respectable people in at least some aspect or another--to elementary schoolers. But that's what it's been looking like. Beyond the usual being parallel to immature high school drama, this is BLATANT DISRESPECT that I've been witnessing which we should've learned in elementary school is.. well, wrong.

Long story short, there's a chorus battle happening right now which is nearing its deadline for round 1, and I've found a lot of tweets on my timeline recently to be rude to the point that I'm ashamed.

There is a grave difference between having a negative opinion of someone (or group of people) and broadcasting this negative opinion on a public forum, where said person(s) can read it. And ignorance of this fact is a problem that I see ALL THE FUCKING TIME on twitter, but in my opinion and experience so far of being on that website, these past two days have been the worst in the blaring offensiveness of this problem.

Yeah, okay. Don't be fake. You don't have to pat a coating of sugar on everything. No, not everything is rainbows and puppies. It's fine to keep it real. I don't judge you for being honest, in seeing the truth, be it negative or not.

But would it hurt to be truthful while retaining some dignity in being respectful?
THERE'S THIS THING CALLED PUTTING YOURSELF IN OTHERS' SHOES... It makes you a hell of a lot more polite person. And I don't think you would appreciate somebody else bashing you senseless either, so why is it suddenly okay for you to do this to others?

It's not an arrogant or mean thing to give constructive criticism. In fact, that's usually encouraged. However, constructive criticism is not ranting publicly on twitter about how bad something is. And it may be indirect, but it is still downright cyberbullying for a group of people to gang up on someone and encourage each other in doing so. (Saying negative things in hopes for retweets counts as wanting others to share your negative opinion.)

Unfortunately, I think the fact that this current chorus battle lies on the premise of anonymity--that every participant's identity should be publicly hidden--seems to enforce the mentality that it's okay to say whatever you want about these masked singers/mixers/animators/artists/organizers.
However, a lack of identity does not equate to a lack of an actual person. This is a human being, just like you--one with FEELINGS. And furthermore, no matter how "bad" something may be, I'm sure somebody out there put in EFFORT for it, which has been so terribly overlooked and unappreciated.

I don't know if this is an automatic response in order to elevate yourself in your own eyes, to accumulate fear and admiration in your surrounding peers, to protect your own self-confidence and belief that you or your group is better... but there seems to be a need to immediately point out what's "wrong" with something. No matter how good it is, you will search for a flaw to obsess over.
Because apparently, nothing can ever be good; because apparently, the positive aspects of things don't matter; because apparently, people other than you don't actually have feelings and will forevermore be n00bs at life.
It's disappointing.

And go ahead and call me out for being a "moral fag" or a "goody-two-shoes" or someone "hating on haters for the sake of opposing them" or "trying too hard to be some figure of justice" or a "killjoy." I'm being annoying, and I acknowledge it.