{"id":7764,"date":"2011-06-26T17:11:40","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T01:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=7764"},"modified":"2011-06-26T17:13:42","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T01:13:42","slug":"meet-a-troll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/meet-a-troll\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet a Troll"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are my thoughts. It’s wrong to attack someone like this, online or otherwise. Why the hell would a total stranger try to hurt me in this way?? Just because they could get away with it? \u00a0It is beyond my understanding.<\/p>\n

So I wrote back to this person, and said:<\/p>\n

What a horrible thing to write to me! \u00a0 May I ask what moves you to write such a hateful comment to someone you have never met? \u00a0I hope you never experience the loss of a child. \u00a0 Meanwhile, I’d like to know why you would invoke the loss of mine in response to an \u00a0innocuous \u00a0blog post about rock bands? \u00a0 Sister Wolf<\/strong><\/p>\n

The next day, she replied:<\/p>\n

you know what you are right
\nI \u00b4m deeply sorry<\/strong>
\nyour loss is way too big for me to understand, and i was outta line
\nthis is what made me write that:
\n“that girl whose boyfriend punched her in the face”
\nwhen a person suffers through abuse, besides the beatings and insults and humiliation
\nwhat hurts the most is \u00a0the scorn of those around her,
\nthings like <\/strong>
\n“that would never happen to me”<\/strong>
\n“that happens only to stupid bitches”<\/strong>
\nand it pissed me off that while you demand compassion about your situation,<\/strong>
\n you show none towards \u00a0someone who was fucking publicly punched in the face and then mocked endlessly for it<\/strong>
\nsometimes the only person who doesn \u00b4t shit on you for being in that situation<\/strong>
\n(that looks so simple but it \u00b4s not)
\nis \u00a0your abuser
\nso you go back \u00a0because in that moment he is being sweet, when deep down you know that it won \u00b4t last
\nand it was a mistake I \u00b4m sorry
\nI know things don \u00b4t get better by insulting someone else in pain
\nand there i was trying to put you down to make myself feel better<\/strong>
\nwhen we are all fighting something
\nthat random comment just struck a cord, felt personal you know?
\n\u00c3\u00b3bviously I \u00b4m not without fault myself
\nI hope this makes you feel less insulted<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

yours truly
\nGene Simmons<\/strong><\/p>\n

~<\/strong><\/p>\n

Having read and reread this explanation, I don’t feel Gene Simmons knows the difference between a pop star and a blogger who lost a child. \u00a0I don’t “demand compassion” as Gene Simmons states. I have no demands. I merely expect human decency from those who wish to leave comments.<\/p>\n

Gene Simmons is actually a 31 year old aspiring artist named Gabriela who lives in Mexico. There she is, above. She needs to take \u00a0responsibility for the things she writes. \u00a0She’s not 12 years old, after all.<\/p>\n

I don’t want to hear ONE MORE WORD about my vag, which in fact does not suffer from dryness. And I don’t want to be taunted with the death of my child.<\/p>\n

Please explain to Gabriela why her apology is worthless, since I don’t feel adequate to the task. Explain to her that the cause of abused women \u00a0isn’t \u00a0furthered by grotesque insults lobbed at other women, under cover of a pseudonym.<\/p>\n

And if you want more of Gabriela in your life, you can visit her here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"