Stop Telling Me I Shouldn’t Have Written That

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<a href="https://pireelua.medium.com/childhood-should-be-innocent-not-dumb-dcd7cdbb114b">grow an adult</a> at the end of their childhood?</li><li>Did they read the whole thing or just land on a trigger word and make assumptions?</li><li>Did something <a href="https://aninjusticemag.com/hello-i-tick-your-diversity-box-2d3b509121bd">hit a nerve</a>?</li><li>Are they jealous I said something they couldn’t?</li><li>Do they need to enter any and all conversations for the sheer sake of it?</li><li>Do they like me and they’re trying to help me undo <a href="https://pireelua.medium.com/does-anyone-else-feel-like-mediums-ho-529004424e99">something silly</a> I said?</li></ul><p id="32bc">I’m an introvert and drawing attention to myself for controversy, fame and fortune is not my thing. But I can’t resist calling out wokiness and hypocrisy — they’re so often the same thing.</p><p id="f161"><b>The thing is</b>, I’ve only been writing here for less than one month and it’s all been rather (mostly) uncontroversial! I haven’t even started talking about anything much yet… you might want to get your smelling salts ready.</p><p id="763f">If you’re tempted to send emails (even anonymous ones) saying I shouldn’t have written something, here’s what we’ll do:</p><ol><li>I WANT to hear from you so do read these steps</li><li>Be sure you read the article fully and then tell me exactly what offended you and why</li><li>Tell me what it made you feel</li><li>Tell me the earliest point in your life that you first felt this feeling and the person/event that caused it

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</li><li>Ask yourself if it’s still me you want to have a go at</li><li>Email me and tell me all about it — email’s in my bio — go for it.</li><li>We’ll have a conversation</li></ol><p id="9d04">If you’re that person on facebook who has opinions on my content based on just the title, please click through, read the article and then see if your barb still applies.</p><p id="1a26">If you really don’t like what I write, skip it. Go read someone else, your happiness will thank you.</p><p id="4acf">Lots of love,</p><p id="cec3">Piree x</p><h1 id="c776">Enjoying this?</h1><p id="5342"><a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pireelua"><b>Buy me a cup of coffee</b></a> to support my work ❤️</p><p id="42c9"><a href="https://pireelua.medium.com/subscribe">Get my stories in your inbox!</a> <b>or</b> <a href="https://pireelua.medium.com/membership">Join Medium and write your own!</a></p><div id="df1d" class="link-block"> <a href="https://pireelua.medium.com/membership"> <div> <div> <h2>Join Medium with my referral link — Piree Lua</h2> <div><h3>Roll up, sign up. Read lots. Write all the things you always wanted to say and follow me so I know you exist and I can read you too.</h3></div> <div><p>pireelua.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*iqkHKIfMFkbsBwO4)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Ask yourself why my perspective triggered you

Dear Offended Person,

You’ve heard everyone has unique fingerprints. Well it may come as a shock, but everyone has unique lives too. And unique values and unique perspectives.

Even the way our eyebrows grow is unique… before everyone started shaping them to be identical to everyone else, that is. Mine are still fine and natural, much to my mother’s chagrin.

A couple of my articles attracted a few comments, emails — even an anonymous email — from people telling me not to write about certain topics and to deal with other matters privately.

Well, you know what, my dearly offended lovelies? I have my views just as you have yours. It’s not my job to think of your comfort, preferences or sensitivities while I write what I write.

I do however love discussing alternative viewpoints and thank-you to those who engaged in discussions and took the time to act like you’re not on social media. It’s been lovely.

It got me wondering about what makes someone feel entitled to tell other people what views they should hold and demand they write in certain ways.

Did their parents never grow an adult at the end of their childhood?

Did they read the whole thing or just land on a trigger word and make assumptions?

Did something hit a nerve?

Are they jealous I said something they couldn’t?

Do they need to enter any and all conversations for the sheer sake of it?

Do they like me and they’re trying to help me undo something silly I said?

I’m an introvert and drawing attention to myself for controversy, fame and fortune is not my thing. But I can’t resist calling out wokiness and hypocrisy — they’re so often the same thing.

The thing is, I’ve only been writing here for less than one month and it’s all been rather (mostly) uncontroversial! I haven’t even started talking about anything much yet… you might want to get your smelling salts ready.

If you’re tempted to send emails (even anonymous ones) saying I shouldn’t have written something, here’s what we’ll do:

I WANT to hear from you so do read these steps

Be sure you read the article fully and then tell me exactly what offended you and why

Tell me what it made you feel

Tell me the earliest point in your life that you first felt this feeling and the person/event that caused it

Ask yourself if it’s still me you want to have a go at

Email me and tell me all about it — email’s in my bio — go for it.

We’ll have a conversation

If you’re that person on facebook who has opinions on my content based on just the title, please click through, read the article and then see if your barb still applies.

If you really don’t like what I write, skip it. Go read someone else, your happiness will thank you.

Lots of love,

Piree x