From my observation, the people who blog, or leave comments on blogs, can be divided roughly into 2 categories.
1) Right-wingers, Nationalists, Neo-Nazis, Bigots, Zealots
As much as I don't agree with you, I respect your right to voice your opinion (feel free to quote Voltaire here). I only wish that you could be more respectful to other people. From my observation, people who are pro-BN/UMNO (applies to Malaysians) and/or who fancy themselves as Muslims who are on the straight and narrow (which means the rest of us are bendy and open) are usually terribly rude with a penchant to use colourful language which is, sad to say, not very Islamic at all, or in the case of the Malay suprematists, not very Malay at all. If there's one thing we Malays take pride in, it would be our politeness which at times borders on the excessive (and can be rather tiresome too). Which means that foul language is a no-no. That said, if you want a sample of rudeness and colourful language, feel free to look up the comments or posts by these people. I am, of course, generalizing. But truth be told, it's pretty rare to find people from this group who are polite.
2) Leftists, Anarchists, Existentialists, Non-Conformists, Posers (I just have to include that last one, hehe)
I am a lefty, because I'm left-handed mostly. Ha Ha. Anyhoo, those who are not in category one, and not in the category of bloggers who write about their mundane daily routine (I ate this! *snap* we drank that! *snap* well you know the drill), whose writings are usually provocative and thought-inducing, are generally good at articulating their thoughts. Above average vocabularies aside,which I'm sure could be colourful if the needs arise, these people write with conviction and back up their arguments with sound reasoning. And you can tell that a hell lot of thought work went into their writing just by the way they write and the references they make. I may not agree with all that's been said, but I really respect the way it has been articulated.
As someone who was raised in a good environment, whose parents are normal people which means that they make mistakes too but nevertheless strive to show good examples, and as someone who has the privilege (and some brains) to receive good education, it is probably not surprising that I tend to favour the 2nd group. Not that I fancy myself to be in that group, as I am not worthy (and I prolly belong in the I ate this! *snap* we drank that! *snap* group anyways).
Simply put, people in the first group argue like idiots with appalling language and people in the 2nd group argue like intelligent people with polite language.
First group = Idiots
Second group = Intelligentsias?
Fikir-fikirkanlah.
1) Right-wingers, Nationalists, Neo-Nazis, Bigots, Zealots
As much as I don't agree with you, I respect your right to voice your opinion (feel free to quote Voltaire here). I only wish that you could be more respectful to other people. From my observation, people who are pro-BN/UMNO (applies to Malaysians) and/or who fancy themselves as Muslims who are on the straight and narrow (which means the rest of us are bendy and open) are usually terribly rude with a penchant to use colourful language which is, sad to say, not very Islamic at all, or in the case of the Malay suprematists, not very Malay at all. If there's one thing we Malays take pride in, it would be our politeness which at times borders on the excessive (and can be rather tiresome too). Which means that foul language is a no-no. That said, if you want a sample of rudeness and colourful language, feel free to look up the comments or posts by these people. I am, of course, generalizing. But truth be told, it's pretty rare to find people from this group who are polite.
2) Leftists, Anarchists, Existentialists, Non-Conformists, Posers (I just have to include that last one, hehe)
I am a lefty, because I'm left-handed mostly. Ha Ha. Anyhoo, those who are not in category one, and not in the category of bloggers who write about their mundane daily routine (I ate this! *snap* we drank that! *snap* well you know the drill), whose writings are usually provocative and thought-inducing, are generally good at articulating their thoughts. Above average vocabularies aside,which I'm sure could be colourful if the needs arise, these people write with conviction and back up their arguments with sound reasoning. And you can tell that a hell lot of thought work went into their writing just by the way they write and the references they make. I may not agree with all that's been said, but I really respect the way it has been articulated.
As someone who was raised in a good environment, whose parents are normal people which means that they make mistakes too but nevertheless strive to show good examples, and as someone who has the privilege (and some brains) to receive good education, it is probably not surprising that I tend to favour the 2nd group. Not that I fancy myself to be in that group, as I am not worthy (and I prolly belong in the I ate this! *snap* we drank that! *snap* group anyways).
Simply put, people in the first group argue like idiots with appalling language and people in the 2nd group argue like intelligent people with polite language.
First group = Idiots
Second group = Intelligentsias?
Fikir-fikirkanlah.
2 comments:
group 1-shit,group 2-shit....none that works...even you and me
you sound like a proper non-conformist there, amri, heh.
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