Mean People

English is not my mother tongue, but I guess "Mean" is not "stingy" here (or it does Sting?)

Your opinion is not offensive. You are open to see good where you see good, but the stingy only wnated to CONTROL YOU...
(is he/she a "MODERATOR"?)

You guys remember that old T-shirt slogan, "Mean People Suck"?

Those T-shirts never really fixed anything...
but they sure made me feel better, lol.

Azure, it would probably make you feel better (and possibly teach the other person a bit of a lesson on being polite) if you were to reply with "Oh, no, I'm not breaking any rules by what I said!" (so long as that is the case). Then proceede to tell him the gospel (in a few sentences). He likely just wanted an argument, and if you mention that Jesus loves him, despite how rude he is being, it would be great! Maybe add that you don't have time to debate it with him (so he doesn't think that he ran you off), and then unsubscribe from the video so you don't see any additional comments. Sadly, the person was likely looking for a fight. *hugs*

That's just an evil person. Yes, they're everywhere. We just have to focus on the people that have good in them, good that comes from God, who inspired you to say what you did on youtube. There are many good people too. It's still a good vs evil game. So focus focus focus on the good.

i read something similar to this and the same thing applies

most of the time when your on these sites you are basically anonymous so people get as sudden boost of courage and say things that are mean, ignorant, hurtful what ever is on their mind because chances are you don't know them and you will never see them

I am a guy who is very sensitive as well. I get my feelings hurt very easily by people. I know God looks at the heart and that is all that really matters. Thanks for those kind words

I am sensitive as well. It is hard for me to just shrug off anything. I internalize things to death. Even stupid little rude comments. They can chip away at you if you aren't careful. I would never give up my being sensitive though. I honestly believe there is a better way to be sensitive without accepting every mean thing as truth. I don't know it yet but I've seen other people out there who live it. Stay strong, friend. =)

Yeah exactly. The internet is full of anonymouses. You can virtually run into anyone, and you don't know what these people are like in real life. Maybe a lot of people can't stand them and it's not just you. Maybe they are drunk or high, or have a mental disorder. Or had a bad day at work. Or maybe they just get bullied a lot and want to pass on the random act of rudeness to someone else so they don't have to keep it. Or perhaps they had parents that talked down to them a lot as kids and they were just raised to look at rudeness as "just life". Or an infinite number of other reasons.

These aren't excuses, just a reminder than things aren't always as simple as they seem. And it is almost never personal, since they never met you and never will. For whatever reasons, some people just naturally spout venomous things and will look for any small trigger without thinking of what they are doing as wrong.

Anti-social behavior is most likely among the anonymous, because they won't have to be held accountable for anything they do. They don't have to face the hurt expressions they cause. Their friends and family and significant others won't be able to see and disapprove. They only have to close their browser page and hide behind a screen.

They just aren't worth the energy.