Sunday, December 11, 2011

facebook dilemma.

i try not to get upset with the comments some of the people leave on facebook, but most of the time i cannot help it. it is not people i hardly know that bother me, but the ones i know well, and love, and am related to. sometimes they brag with their traditionalism, conservativism, even close-mindedness or chauvinism. they seem proud of their problematic beliefs. i want to think that it is about differences of opinion, to which all of us are entitled, but it pains me to hear such things from the people i truly care about. i am afraid that it would affect my feelings for them. it would have been much better had i never had a chance to learn about their worldviews, for ignorance can be blissful, but it still leads nowhere. now i have to learn how to accept that some of 'my' people are not the world's greatest pacifists!
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  1. Milos KilibardaDecember 11, 2011 at 12:05 PM

    Dear professor,
    Do I sense some disappointment or am I wrong? You should not be upset, or angry, or disappointed for that matter because these sort of things are very common and very tricky to deal with. I myself experienced the same sort of issues after having a few discussions on some Facebook comments. And it wasn't me who was upset but the people I thought would have some understanding for my actions or comments. So please calm yourself before you take further action and try to take into account their feelings and the fact that they can have the same opinion about your viewpoints, these things can go both ways.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 11, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    I couldn't agree more...it's just that sometimes you get really disappointed...

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  3. Janko AndrijasevicDecember 11, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    thanks for the input -- i really appreciate it. and i agree on principle with all that you said. i will try to calm myself, knowing there will be more disappointments. such is life ;)

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  4. AnonymousDecember 11, 2011 at 3:38 PM

    yes, it can turn to be quite a disappointment... And I got used to it. :) Th fact is that I rarely interact with my true friends on fb-we save our thoughts for face to face contact. :)

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  5. Janko AndrijasevicDecember 11, 2011 at 11:56 PM

    i also tend to do that - it is more side remarks i had in mind.

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  6. VanjaDecember 19, 2011 at 11:17 AM

    I have, for that reason, deleted some people. Family and friends. Others stayed, but with limited view, literally and metaphorically

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