Originally Posted by
juicefree20
Dwight
Excellent post & one for all of us to consider [[myself included) before sitting behind a monitor offering up criticism, while cloaked in anonymity.
Personally, I dont care who sleeps with who, I don't care what the sexual orientation of ANY celebrity is. So long as they respect my boundaries & that of others, then who they sleep with is no concern of mine.
What I truly dislike is the idea of people taking it upon themselves to decide to expose the personal lives of individuals who made a conscious choice to decide what part[[s) of their lives they wanted made public.
How much worse is it when people do it to dead people whom can neither substantiate nor deny any claims made against them?
Beyond that, what gives anyone the right to take it upon themselves to "out" any individual who chose not to ''out'' themselves?
Even worse than that is when people are willing to attribute anything to people solely based upon speculation, hearsay or assumption. Whether folks want to admit it or not, such behavior indeed smacks of having an agenda. If no agenda were present, why would anyone attempt to disclose "truths" about an individual whom hasn't revealed those "truths" themselves?
In my opinion, it's despicable to do anything of that sort, when the reality is that most times you can't believe most of what you see, much less anything that you hear. How many times have we seen an entertainer stand on a stage talking about their "Number One" record which was actually 38 with no bullet? How many times have we heard folks thanking people for making their song a "million seller", which was recorded for a label which could barely afford to press up 100,000 copies, if even half that many?
"Gold", you say? How about ''cellophane"?
I wish that I could count the number of times that I've read or heard something which when given enough time & being around the right circle[[s) proved to be anything but the truth, as objectivity seems to be far from far too many fans.
But human nature is such that if something lines up with the value system of many, they haven't the objectivity, nor the inclination to take the time to discover whether what they believe or have been told has the scent of truth attached to it. All that is necessary for them is that the information speaks to their heart & it's off to the races.
And a lot of reputations have been destroyed & people have lost their lives due to unsubstantiated rumors masquerading as "the truth".
And that reality won't cause even one person to think before opening their mouths & spilling their guts about what they "know".
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