I think it is ok to be morally outraged sometimes. I sometimes see things and i think 'nooooooo', i rarely spout off about them though, unless of course it is something directed at me personally.
What i really dislike is this 'teaching a lesson' to people!
If the whole world were to practice an eye for an eye then i think a lot of people would be bumping into each other by now.
When i was younger, i think i was about twenty, i had someone try to teach me a lesson. This was not internet drama but this was IRL hurt and pain. I am talking broken bones. My crime? i was a bit too cocky. I went from staying in every night to going out and having fun and it was all down to meeting my best friend, Clare. I suppose you would politely say we were 'bubbly' and impolitely say 'fucking annoying'. Anyway, i trod on some toes and that is why i had someone 'teach me a lesson' and 'knock me down a peg or two'.
Did it work? Did it fuck? Oh it affected me alright. Just not in the way it was intended. I bounced back. I didn't tread on toes anymore I FUCKING TRAMPLED ON THEM. I had a 'bad girl' reputation to live up to.
It was not good really. It took me years to lose the chip on my shoulder. I was not a very nice person at all and i was selfish and thoughtless. I also dished out revenge to this person ten fold.
I know other things contributed to my 'bad spell' but it was this lesson thing that really changed me. Looking back i had some 'wicked fun' but my life was shallow, materialistic, and i hurt some people too. It took a few years to be 'good again'.
I have never felt bubbly since, which is sad.
Maybe that is why i reacted to flutterbies recent lesson. I think it sucks to label people, especially young people. Using words like 'viscous' and 'sociopath' ... i just don't see it!
God i was stupid. I am glad to say that i don't think she is as stupid as i was.
I certainly don't see anything 'evil' at all, and nothing to warrant being singled out the way she has.
I knew at the time there would be a few 'tut tut's'at me for not supporting this bizzare act of retribution. I can only say my actions are directly based on my own personal experience. Lessons suck.