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Show some respect
God this pissed me off. So much so that more than four hours later I’m still fired up. I posted this on twitter this morning:
Today is the 1st anniversary of my divorce. What a great year.
To which many of my friends appropriately replied:
ladawn @spellwight Happy Divorciversary! You should do something to celebrate.
Kinchie @spellwight That’s an anniversary worth celebrating! Get yourself a cupcake!!
twinklergirl 
@spellwight Would that be a Happy Unniversary?
and then this one:
LovingGod @spellwight I am sorry and will always be with you wherever you are.
What. The. Fuck.
Dear anonymous little fart,
Show some respect. Show respect to the people you talk to. If you’d taken one second to click on my name and glance at my profile, you would have seen Atheist in my bio. Maybe then you would have realized that your trite little meaningless comment would NOT be appreciated and would in fact, fuck up a very nice celebratory day.
I have enough respect for people of your ilk to not enter your space and preach how I feel about your lifestyle choices. I don’t proselytize Darwin on your websites. I don’t specifically send messages to you trashing your belief system. I don’t knock on doors on the off-chance someone might choose to come out of the dark ages based on my teachings and by-the-way give me lemonade.
I certainly don’t take it upon myself to open a twitter account in the name of God and proceed to send happy happy joy joy comments to all and sunder. Just how condescending can one person be? If you do believe in God shouldn’t you be afraid he’s gonna strike you down? Talk about disrespecting even your own people! And how did you find my comment to reply to in the first place? Some keyword search on twitter just so you can spit out lame trite meaningless replies? Who are you?
I post Atheist in all the obvious places. I snark about you people here in my blog. I have a plastic all-weather keep away sign on my front door so I don’t have to slam the door in your faces. I politely delete the well-meaning emails from family members who can’t take the hint that I still care ab0ut them and they should care enough about me to RESPECT my feelings.
Why do some of you feel you need to change the rest of us? Seriously? I’m perfectly happy the way I am. No God to blame things on or give all the credit to. No poorly written manual to base my every decision upon so that I don’t have to take responsibility for my own actions.
Maybe I should start preaching my beliefs. Maybe I should start knocking on doors and start a Church of Accepting Responsibility. We’ll put up totems and light candles and pray for the common sense that everyone convert. I’ll be a prophet! Everyone will wear tie-died hemp robes and carry recycle cans for collection bins and force our neighbors to put up solar panels and we’ll outlaw ties and high heeled shoes. Churches should be converted to homeless shelters and all anti-abortion activists should be required to adopt at least 4 children before they’re allowed to protest. Priests and Ministers should be branded with an L on their foreheads for LIARS and sent to clean subway stations.
Yeah, you people wouldn’t appreciate that at all, would you? So show some respect and I’ll leave you alone, deal?
Good riddance,
Debbie
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about 3 years ago
I’ve got one thing to say.
What a fucking cunt.
If he ever reads this? Go fuck yourself and go get a fucking life, you fucking tard.
Dick.
about 3 years ago
You know…people like that make all the other Christians say “YOU’RE NOT HELPING!”. There may be, perhaps, a time and a place for that shit – but this ain’t it.
Don’t let an idiot like this ruin your Big Day, Debbie.
about 3 years ago
So….in other words you felt the need to rip someone a new one based on the simple fact that they expressed sympathy towards you and wished you well?
How is that in ANY way a violation of your belief system (or lack thereof)? You know my belief system…how is that any different that if I were to have expressed the exact same thing?
If you don’t agree with what the person has to say…then why in the heck do you follow them or even read their comments? There is enough hatred and venom in this world without folks on either side adding to it in this way.
about 3 years ago
Brad,
I don’t follow this person on twitter. I’ve no idea who they are nor apparently do they know me. They certainly have never followed me or I would have blocked them immediately. Their comment – because it’s aimed directly at (or @) me – chimes on my twhirl. Of course I read it, and promptly blocked that person after posting a retweet and telling them I’m blocking them.
Etiquette suggests a person not jump into someone else’s conversation without understanding the subject or the person. Had YOU, for instance, said the same thing I would have ignored it because I know you and well, would tolerate that from a friend. I would hope that YOU, knowing me, would understand how I’d feel about such an expression in the first place.
Now, as far as posting shit here? It’s MY BLOG! Should I have chased this anonymous person down and posted crap to them? Would it make a difference? I doubt it, but sure as soon as I’m done posting this reply I’ll direct the link to this post to them.
But actually, this post is about RESPECTING another person. This person didn’t bother to see who I was, check the responses or anything about my original post at all. He/she just posted an automatic tweet by twitterberry! Cell phone! And in my opinion the whole LovingGod thing should be considered blasphemous by religious people.
At least regular spammers aren’t making comments about personal stuff.
about 3 years ago
Congratulations on your one year anniversary. I’m glad you’ve had a great year.
How anyone who reads your blog could not wish you a happy anniversary, I don’t know. I don’t know how anyone could post an ‘I’m sorry you’re divorced’ either. That shit only comes from people who don’t realize you’re happier divorced!
about 3 years ago
Happy d-day!
Have a strongbow for me. I’ll buy you one at my next D*C!
about 3 years ago
What an interfering little moron.
Edit: Oh, and happy anniversary!
about 3 years ago
Hey, I believe in a loving God, and even I get annoyed with those people. It’s just stupid, whether you believe or not. Last I checked, all-powerful deities don’t have to use Twitter!
about 3 years ago
You’re finding your feet, girl. After years of co-dependence, ain’t it a joy to discover how much you can do on your own? I’d say the 12-month report looks good. Go for it. And screw the god-botherers – they mean well but are ultimately irrelevant.
Here’s to the next 12 – in which you get laid (regularly, pleasingly), buy a reliable set of wheels, and rediscover the better side of being a Grammi. Oh, and a safe return from Iraq.
about 3 years ago
Oops
That woz me.