First off, I loved these two articles. They both covered things that do happen constantly in our society, and I would love to go off about them. But first I'm going to try and answer the questions about them and try not to go off topic (which after my first draft I found out that not going off topic is easier said then done).
A hot spot in these articles that i noticed, is how they both had to do with other people "trolling" others or thinking and saying something so low to some one else just because there beliefs, views, or even just cause of a video they posted on youtube. In the online comments article, one commenter says, "It amazes me how easy it is to sit behind a computer and launch a heap of self-righteous cynicism at something as harmless as this." and that's so true. People hide behind user name's to comment or say vulgar,cruel, and ridiculous things at others, which to me makes them look like a total jackass, but if it was there real name or there ip address that showed they would never say some of these things cause they would be scared about how it would make them look or the flack that would come back at them, so instead they use "the protective force field of anonymity" and Matt zoller seitz the writer is correct when he says, "they say things they would never say in the presence of flesh-and-blood human beings." In the "make our ugly discourse better" article, a part that seemed a hot spot to me would be when he says,"Any time you see or read or hear anybody step over the line, call them on it. Do it politely, with kindness and consideration. But do it clearly and cleanly, with a humble explanation of what they did wrong." I loved this part because its like the "proper" way to show someone there wrong and i just got the biggest kick out of it, also his examples were pretty good.
I ran into difficulties of understanding when both articles quoted comments people posted on a youtube video or a comment one would say to the other because they viewed things differently. I mean myself i lean towards the right side and i love getting into arguments/debates with people with a different view on something as me. But to let an argument get to the point of vulgar mud slinging or even getting into fisticuffs is ridiculous. Also for someone to make a point and watch a video that they don't even like just to leave rude and cruel comments on it is just utterly incompetent. Don't they have something better to waste there time on like some hobby. If some has something mean or vile to say to some one, why not just keep it to your self, because obviously the other person or other people that will read/hear the comment don't want to hear it. I mean it shows how low our society has become, and the only way to come back from how low we've gone is if people find self-control or get some common sense to tell whats wrong and whats right.
A couple questions these articles have raised for me is, what motivates some one to try and "crap" on some ones life by either commenting on a thread/post/video and leaving rude comments or how can people let there anger get the better of them in an argument or just in general. I mean i understand some people just can't control there anger or what they say, but the average human should have the will power to watch what comes out of there mouth. Most of my questions are kind of just repetition with what I had difficulty understanding.
I agree with actually everything that these articles state, for the most part, i mean i agree that web sites should make people use there real name or something that can be traced back to them, even though that's against their rights or whatever, but i mean i think people should be held responsible for what they say or do, in any case.
Mainly "make our ugly discourse better" has the biggest relation to the issues were raising in class i think because we discuss different things which usually ends up getting into some debate or the topic is a debate, and if people reacted like a "civilogue" instead of a hot headed extremest, we would have a more civil society in general.
So I really love the articles you chose for us, i mean compared to the dry topics in high school were given, these ones are fun to read and give a response to or have a discussion about.
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