When you blog, do you intentionally keep a distance from posting on topics/issues that are controversial? Are there topics/issues which you have thoughts on and stay away from commenting because of what someone else might think? Are there topics/issues which make your belly burn, your heart race, and your eyes see red? What topics/issues make you mad, make you want to cry or scream, make you want to hit something or someone?
In all honestly, I started this blog with the intent of being able to speak my mind but I have to admit that I'm somewhat intimidated about speaking my mind. I don't know, maybe this isn't the forum.
What kind of topics/issues you say?
Pro-Life / Pro-Choice
Death Penalty
Judicial System
Social Services
Abuse / Neglect
Dead Beat Human Beings
Spoiled Children / Parents that don't parent
People that Spend Money they don't really have and then file bankruptcy
Politics and the asses that run for office
These are just a few of the topics/issues and I'm sure I'd come up with more with the help of each of you.
Seriously, wouldn't you love to voice your deepest feelings about these issues?
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yup, I would - I, too, though fearing stepping on people's toes and losing readers. We need an anonymous way to do this!
I waffle back and forth on this one...I think I lean more toward the "chicken to post my opinion" side though! lol!!
Most of the time I hold back on what I post. Since I am a really blunt person in real life I decided that I will give you my opinion on one of yor topics...As for spoiled children, the whole thing about disciplining your child=child abuse is crazy! I came home drunk on night when I was about 12 or 13 and my dad was asking me what I took/drank. He was horrified and I was out of control! I was so drunk I said "FUCK YOU!" and I ended up backhanded and sailed across the room! I had braces on my teeth and ended up with a fat lip becasue of the metal in my mouth. The next day I told my dad I was going to call child protective services. He told me to feel free and go right ahead because he was going to be the one staying and I would be the one leaving to a foster home somewhere. He told me if I ever had the nerve to speak to him like that again the same thing would happen. My dad spent time in the military and was a probation officer and did not believe in kids talking to adults like they were thier equals. Funny, I never swore at my dad again and knew exactly what the boundry was. Sometimes kids need to get checked because they are completly out of control. I am not saying people should beat their kids....I wouldn't even say hitting a child is the best way to deal with them. What I am saying is sometimes kids don't know their limits and need to be put in thier place. When I was growing up, kids did not throw fits in public places becauase of the threat of being taken "outside." The threat of going "outside" was usually as far as it went in my family because we knew what would happen if we did end up outside. I still have the utmost respect for my father and can count the times he hit me on one hand! I can honestly say that the times I did get hit I really deserved it.
Let me know what you all think on this subject since I am a non-parent. All the people with kids may think I am totally harsh.
Peace,
Diva
I guess if I held back in my daily life I'd want to blog about it.
But my views have never been held close to the vest.
I very rarely will 'curb' my thoughts on any topic. If its something I feel strongly about...I'll tell it like it is. If I offend people...sorry, but I figure if they're reading your own personal blog then you're entitled to have your opinion...good bad or otherwise!
Diva, same kind of thing happened at my house. My father was a cop and both of my parents were the strictest of disciplinarians. It probably did me good as we were the most polite children in our community BUT it went too far too often and it was abuse.
I for one never used physical discipline, it wasn't necessary. My children knew what was expected and what would happen if they didn't meet expectation.
There was never any need.
Children must be parented, the parents are responsible for their children and their actions until they have turned 18 or graduated from high school. Love them (make sure they know you love them), give them self esteem, spend time with them, teach them to respect others and show them respect too, be involved with your children, talk to your children, LISTEN to your children and their friends (you'll be amazed at how much you will learn). Make sure your children eat properly, come home to a clean home (yes this matters), and make sure they go to school.
Parenting is a big job and it's the most important job you will have in your lifetime.
YOUR Children are not My Responsibility.
This gives you some idea of my feeling (although it goes deeper on how parent's lack of responsibility for Their children give society it's gravest problems).
Hmm.... yes, I would, but I'd be afraid. I'd be less afraid of the bankrupcy issue and more afraid of, say, abortion, politics, etc. I don't have many qualms giving my opionions on child rearing, but that would have to be an entire post :-)
I am extremely vocal to the point of over the top in my real and every day life, but in each case, I make the choice to whom I am so candid, and it is not everyone, depending on the topic. Since my blog is "public" and can be seen by literally anyone who goes looking, I try to be careful about personal information as well as about my personal views that I wouldn't want someone to necessarily know about me before meeting me for an interview, for example. The more savvy potential employers look for information about candidates and stumble upon that kind of info sometimes if you've put it out there. I think of things in that light, and then I decide how much I'm comfortable sharing.
Now, if you ask me one on one over coffee, you'll get it all, with both barrels, and I'm pretty obnoxious sometimes about my opinions ;)
That's a good point Maggie.
How would my (your) opinions about topics/issues step on someone else's toes? Aren't your opinions/feelings as important as the other persons?
I'm so tired of keeping my opinionated mouth shut that I'm ready to blow a gasket.
Oh yeah, Immigration is another topic I have great opinions about - hmmmm, I'm sure there have to be at least a half dozen more.
I really want to get up my nerve and let loose.....
MammaFlo, I say be as politically incorrect or opinionatged as ya wanna be....what the hell, your retired now! Besides, I think it would be nice to have someone stir stuff up. I, like Maggie am particular about what I put on a public forum for professional reasons but some of the stuff I have posted is far from politically correct! That is one of the reasons I do not use my real name or post pictures. Come on Mamma....shake us up a bit!
Peace,
Diva
Oh, if only.... I'm afraid that I do keep my opinions to the few people I trust and who know me well, or the odd work man who may call to my house and start ranting - and I do get a few of those. I then join in with gusto. I have very strong opinions on many things, not the least of these is the stripping us of our 'freedom of speech' We no longer have it, which is probably why we are a little cautious on our blogs.
Don't even get me started on this. My list is getting longer by the day!
I think I'm going to need a little more prodding as I've tried about a half dozen times and I keep deleting the post.
I've always had to be that respectful girl, the one who's Daddy was a cop and then that girl married an officer in the military and she needed to be a lady and then I had children that we sent to prim and proper Catholic schools.
I've been told I didn't have a voice by a controlling ass hole brother (who is also a cop) when he assaulted me when I was in my early 30's.
There is a big bad bitch stuck inside me just waiting for the opportunity to erupt.
I voice my feelings in comments on other people's blogs as myself, I'm just wondering how to be the main writer.
yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
I would LOVE to voice my opinion on many things. I do have strong opinions, but I also don't like confrontation and avoid it as much as possible.
I have often thought about starting a blog under an alias where all I do is voice opinion on topics such as those. It would allow me to get some things off my chest without having to worry about readers to my regular blog becoming offended about something I say.
I know I have come across some blogs where I was starting to enjoy them, then the blogger posted something that I thought was so arrogant that it completely killed any interest I had in them or their blog. I wouldn't want to do the same to my readers. Never will everyone agree on all topics, but when those topics are brought out with differing opinions it can so easily change what you think of someone and leave you wishing that you really didn't know that about them or their opinion in the first place.
I know blogs are supposed to be about being yourself, but I try to be in my blog the way I am in person, and avoiding controversial issues is part of that.
One thing I refuse to talk about on my blog is that fact that I chose to not have children and for some reason it pisses off a sh**load of people. It's my decision not theirs. Of course I'm not the only one either, some people have brought it up and I have commented on their posts. It just amazes me how some people are.
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