Always show respect for your fellow hunter or huntress. Lurking on social media like nefarious highwaymen will only get you one of two things: virtual buckshot in your rear end or exposure for what or who you really are.
A couple of days ago while making random conversation on social media I spied a post centered around killing X amount of a wild species. It was based as a contest. Of course this could be one of those fake contests but at the same time it could be have some merit, all be it misguided. I got into a very interesting discourse with three people I assume to be gentlemen. Specific conversation aside because I am not in the business of giving other people that much credit or advertisement for bad behaviour. I wanted to inspect it a little closer afterwards so my evaluation of it was not drenched in resentment that was mildly displaced temporarily.
When someone is good enough to share their opinion on something you should either agree or disagree. Its probably not a wise thing to do by calling out anyone person with the indication of there name.When you call the name of the devil, it could appear?
I also at some point wondered whether I was being influenced to avoid the intial person. There was a comment made to the point by one of them that the poster, "need not feel she should turn to me". I felt like that was a very strange thing to say.
If you can't get the 'other side' of what is actually "no side" to get back on topic you can bet they are not there for intelligent conversation.
Yes, you could be the better man or woman but if you are not reducing yourself to calling names such as "idiot" or "the weakest link in the chain" then by all means stand up for yourself. Do not back down.
Unfortunately for these persons they didn't have prior intelligence that I have been trained in the subtle art of managing aggressive types to go in the direction that I want them to or diffuse their anger by not giving in to their terrorism.
Another thing about comments on the internet is that there is no emotional inflection in the typed word. Yes, when someone types "F-U" after a nasty comment about a person that has died or such you could probably say that it is what it is.
There are always people that want there to be a winner-loser side in a battle that does not even exist. People online have become addicted to confrontation.
I have also noticed online comments where a hunter/huntress is really trying to say "This is not me. I don't agree with this one issue or how it is conveyed." Does that mean they are turning turn-coat? No, they just form their own opinion which is healthy. Questioning is healthy. Backing down from it to lesser beings is not. The group that person is co-mingling with will literally try to drive them like one would drive a wayward sheep back into the fold. Of course they think the wolf is everywhere and are scared. I would suggest thinking on why that fear exists? Maybe they did or have been doing something they don't want to be found out for? As long as you're in the dark about it they can manipulate you all they want.
I have read that women through the centuries have gotten into the habit of trying to please others in the face of aggression because avoiding that behavior is better than getting into it with someone. The only problem with that is the behavior continues and puts upon the woman until she is frustrated. It stunts her growth.
I think hunters/ huntresses should be free thinkers of their own mind to evaluate for themselves what is going on. If they need to come to God on issues with their breathern let them do it at least in a manner where information flows back and forth. This way intelligent conversation or assessments can rule out the absurd and ridiculous. Do they not do this when they walk out into the woods or a field to assess how things lay with the land or the game they chase? Why would I want them to be any less? That I think would be against a hunter's/huntress's nature. To idly go into trouble with their eyes closed. Rip them blinders off.
I hate no one.
Written by W Harley Bloodworth
~Courtesy of AOFH~
