Comments on: Just an Ancestry Thing http://washergenes.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/just-an-ancestry-thing/ Musings on ancestry Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:18:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: stephv73 http://washergenes.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/just-an-ancestry-thing/#comment-5494 stephv73 Mon, 04 May 2009 19:39:33 +0000 http://washergenes.wordpress.com/?p=211#comment-5494 It's continually astounding to me how many people can be so cruel, vindictive, and just downright awful in the comments they post online. The anonymity of the Internet prompts far too many people to write things they would never dream of saying to someone's face. I, for one, can't even begin to fathom how anyone could make a connection between wanting to explore their heritage and racism. There's just such a disconnect there, making it requires a suspension of logic I'm just incapable of imagining. I mean, just because, for example, I want to explore my own <a href="http://www.irishgenealogical.com/irish-ancestors-how-to-meet-them.html"Irish ancestors, does that make me a racist to other cultures? No! It doesn't! Sometimes, I think some of these people who make hateful comments online are simply getting some bizarre pleasure out of being cruel for cruelty's sake. I choose to ignore such people, other than to feel sorry for them, as they're missing out on so much beauty in life by maintaining a negative attitude. Stephanie at the <a href="http://www.irishgenealogical.com" rel="nofollow">Irish Genealogical Research</a> blog It’s continually astounding to me how many people can be so cruel, vindictive, and just downright awful in the comments they post online. The anonymity of the Internet prompts far too many people to write things they would never dream of saying to someone’s face. I, for one, can’t even begin to fathom how anyone could make a connection between wanting to explore their heritage and racism. There’s just such a disconnect there, making it requires a suspension of logic I’m just incapable of imagining. I mean, just because, for example, I want to explore my own <a href=”http://www.irishgenealogical.com/irish-ancestors-how-to-meet-them.html”Irish ancestors, does that make me a racist to other cultures? No! It doesn’t! Sometimes, I think some of these people who make hateful comments online are simply getting some bizarre pleasure out of being cruel for cruelty’s sake. I choose to ignore such people, other than to feel sorry for them, as they’re missing out on so much beauty in life by maintaining a negative attitude.

Stephanie at the Irish Genealogical Research blog

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