
I think I initially wanted to show different things going on with my life with my blog. This started turning into me talking about my dating (or, more accurately, my lack of it), and this got a fair amount of interest, even getting people to mention things in real life to me about dating that I mentioned on my blog. I thought this was neat, and a good idea. Around the same time (maybe a little later), I realized that I might speak on Jewish topics. This, too, yielded me even more visitors. I thought that I might be able to articulate ideas that would hopefully benefit, enlighten, or otherwise provide thoughtful discussion for people.
However, as time went on, I realized some people were not as nice (especially when they cloaked themselves anonymously) and would attack me and not the ideas. This is a MAJOR FRUSTRATION of mine - when people attack people's character and not the ideas at hand. I happen to particularly like Maimonides' famous phrase that we accept truth from whomever said it. What is great about it is that that statement

I get very frustrated when people criticize others, but it is rather upsetting when one has it done to oneself (henceforth, they shall be referred to as "The Haters" (cf.)(whereas ntGH refers to them as the kannoim). As a tangent to my overall post, I am announcing that, as of now, I am adding a "Jewish Bloggers For Responsible Speech Online" sign onto my blog

I am certainly
OKAY, IT'S TWO DAYS LATER (MONDAY NIGHT) AND I HAVEN'T YET FINISHED THIS POST, SO I'M POSTING IT NOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT COMPLETED. GOD-WILLING, I WILL COMPLETE THESE THOUGHTS IN SOME MANNER.
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