I have a strict do not engage policy. They had their shot at moral decency and reconciliation when their guy allegedly won again in November. They doubled down on the hate. Their choice.
I delete comments with regularity. Then I block. I probably lose subscribers that way, but I don't care. Readers are more important to me than subscribers. The readers who enjoy my work eventually, usually, become subscribers.
I feel the same way. I often see I got 10 new subscribers, then I'm hit by a bunch of hateful comments. Sometimes people only subscribe so they can attack you. Sometimes they're not people at all. Almost without fail when I give somebody a second chance, they make me have to block them again within a couple weeks. I prefer to be surrounded by positive people!
The sentence I used most with my mother the last several years of her life was, “I am not available for this conversation.” I hated doing it, because I knew I wouldn’t have her for much longer, but it was the only alternative to being assaulted.
y mother ws the same way. Minimal contact and certain topics off limits or I would leave and come back the next day when she was in assisted living. Eventually she developed dementia and had to go to a nursing home. I was sad she would not stand up for me in my life and doted on my younger brother who was a dumpf clone without the money. He passed within a year of my mom. He was definitely someone not to engage with as i do not think he ever mad a true statement in his life. He was not happy when i became the person to control mom's money...what little she had left as during home are not cheap. I had to get her on medicaid so she could stay where she was. Our system is so broken, and no relief in site as this group in the white house want to burn every thing down.
You're right. Engagement with them unleashes a whole lot of toxicity that tries to enshroud your sanity and any sense of well being. I do not engage. I delete. I block. I walk away. It is not worth my time, or my peace of mind, to waste on those who are hell bent on destruction and hatred.
I can argue science and law with the best of them, but at 70, also seem to be hard-wired as a small town Wisconsin hayseed. There are marketers and there are authentics. Aurhentics are called "easy targets" and suckers. Check out one of my on the topic
I have a strict do not engage policy. They had their shot at moral decency and reconciliation when their guy allegedly won again in November. They doubled down on the hate. Their choice.
I delete comments with regularity. Then I block. I probably lose subscribers that way, but I don't care. Readers are more important to me than subscribers. The readers who enjoy my work eventually, usually, become subscribers.
I feel the same way. I often see I got 10 new subscribers, then I'm hit by a bunch of hateful comments. Sometimes people only subscribe so they can attack you. Sometimes they're not people at all. Almost without fail when I give somebody a second chance, they make me have to block them again within a couple weeks. I prefer to be surrounded by positive people!
The sentence I used most with my mother the last several years of her life was, “I am not available for this conversation.” I hated doing it, because I knew I wouldn’t have her for much longer, but it was the only alternative to being assaulted.
Yes, you have to protect yourself first, second, and third.
y mother ws the same way. Minimal contact and certain topics off limits or I would leave and come back the next day when she was in assisted living. Eventually she developed dementia and had to go to a nursing home. I was sad she would not stand up for me in my life and doted on my younger brother who was a dumpf clone without the money. He passed within a year of my mom. He was definitely someone not to engage with as i do not think he ever mad a true statement in his life. He was not happy when i became the person to control mom's money...what little she had left as during home are not cheap. I had to get her on medicaid so she could stay where she was. Our system is so broken, and no relief in site as this group in the white house want to burn every thing down.
You're right. Engagement with them unleashes a whole lot of toxicity that tries to enshroud your sanity and any sense of well being. I do not engage. I delete. I block. I walk away. It is not worth my time, or my peace of mind, to waste on those who are hell bent on destruction and hatred.
That is the truth and it is exhausting !
Yup, and they're very malicious and sneaky. You absolutely have to protect yourself. Best to you Sandra!
Sometimes it hard not to respond, but, we must maintain integrity, remind ourselves it's okay to not engage, turn our back and walk away.
WEe just keep our interestinggrity and our spine
Walter,
I can argue science and law with the best of them, but at 70, also seem to be hard-wired as a small town Wisconsin hayseed. There are marketers and there are authentics. Aurhentics are called "easy targets" and suckers. Check out one of my on the topic
Fred
https://open.substack.com/pub/fredjohnson/p/the-energy-driving-competition?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=nd67q