Thread:Gawainelks2leakfan/@comment-33842786-20180117033533/@comment-31322722-20180403023401

74.74.81.73 wrote: peeps who say shut up to gawainelks2leakfan are 'meanies.' The question is, what was the context of the situation? This doesn't say anything.

You see, part of being nice is never judging someone based on their bad moments alone. When they get angry, they might go a little overboard, but the problem can probably be solved with some communication. If you want to state your opinion, you have to listen to both sides of the story without a bias.

For example, Elks447 and I had a bit of an issue with each other in the past. She said some bad things, I said some bad things, and just in general, people were getting involved with biased opinions. People joined sides based on the few seconds of a conversation they saw. Now, yes, I did, at a few points, tell elks to "shut up". That might make me seem like an awful person, especially if you see elks as a very nice friend. But let's look at the context. Elks said something to me, so I tried to recycle the phrase for effect and throw it back at her, but my phone autocorrected, and it just made me look like an idiot. Before I could bother to correct myself, elks started "laughing" and making fun of me, so I had finally had enough and said "shut up". This, among some other actions, prompted others to try and talk to me, saying I was the one at fault. But obviously, looking at the whole situation without a biased opinion, you would see that I felt I was prompted to react like that. We were both very wrong.

If people get involved knowing nothing except that they're for sure going to be on someone's side regardless of what happened beforehand, it only makes things worse. It's all about context. Why that person reacted that way. If you don't know anything, then obviously it makes someone look like a jerk. But that's not the full story. And that's also how people can so easily get people on their side. By telling only part of the truth.