I have been
blogging for over eight years now. I’ve
had my fair share of negative comments and people disagreeing with me over
things that I have written. That doesn’t
bother me. Just as I have the freedom to
say what I want, so do other people.
And this has
never been a problem. Until now.
But what I
have experienced over the last several months goes beyond negative comments and
criticism. These comments hit below the
belt, and quite frankly, they are not true.
And they make me sick.
I can’t
imagine that anyone in the chronic illness communities I am a part of would
make comments like these. They would
simply not comment or stop reading my blog.
In the eight years that I’ve been blogging, I have never received
malicious comments.
I have a
pretty good idea about who is making these comments because they mirror things
that have been said in the past in other venues (which I have evidence of, as
well). My blog is also the only possible
way that this person could get to me at this point. And it needs to stop. I went quietly, so it’s time for them to get
over it. It’s time for them to stop
projecting their own insecurities onto me.
It’s time to grow up. And it’s
time to leave me alone.
Because if
this continues, there will be consequences.
I have already contacted Google about this, and am working on tracking
the IP address to prove that the person who I think is posting these comments
is indeed the person that is.
Negative
comments are one thing. Slanderous
comments that call my character into question are quite another, and this is
not okay.
Cyberbullying
is real. And I fear that as bloggers,
this is something that we might all face at one time or another. I never really imagined that anyone would
post such nasty comments on my blog, but there are people in this world who
thrive on trying to tear other people down.
But I won’t
be torn down. I’m fighting back, and
this is the first step in that fight.
Comments
such as these are not okay under any circumstances. And honestly, if you are going to write
comments like this, at least have the courage not to stand behind the veil of
anonymity. Because you’re not really
anonymous. I know exactly who you are
and I’m going to prove it.
Cyberbullying
is a crime, and is punishable by law. So
whoever is doing this, for your own sake, stop.
It’s not really worth getting in trouble over. Worry about your own life, and let me worry
about mine.