Rant One

So I follow the mormon bloggernacle a lot.  I keep my twitter account open and each new post shows up on twitter.  Twitter is quite convenient that way...I follow a few cycling authorities, a few running/tri voices, some musicians, etc.  I usually go off of blog titles when I decide whether or not to click on one.  Many times I run across the same personalities who frequent certain blogs and post like they have all the time in the world.  One such personalities' name is geoff b.  Geoff B. seems to be quite intolerant of anyone who disagrees with him.  His opinions (obsessive-compulsive by the way) are superior and must be imposed by way of the bloggernacle onto everyone else who comes and reads.  He seems to be in a lot of places, even though he has created his own blog to bless the world with his awesome opinion.  Apparently today, (the latest incident and the straw the broke my blog into two) I found out that I am OCD merely for coming back to one particular blog once each day for two days in a row to comment.  No matter what we are talking about, no matter where I go, I often run into this guy and he always disagrees with everyone unless they are in complete, boring agreement with him.  I bring all this up because the bloggernacle, in my humble opinion, is somewhat revolutionary within the church.  It is a place for members to go and share experience, opinion, talk about doctrine, the deeper things, the more hidden and lesser known things and talk (write) to each other without feeling different or getting too emotional over it all.  Taking emotion out of it all is a big factor when coming to the world-wide-web to 'vent' and try and find others with similar struggles and questions.

When personalities like Geoff B. comes along, the bloggernacle becomes counter-productive.  The haven that is blossoming starts to wilt when abusive, abrasive, ignorant people come on and point their fingers, laugh and taunt others for not agreeing with them.  I have been reading and following blogs for over a decade now and Geoff B. is a bully on the playground and needs to be ignored and avoided.  There are others, but the better way, I find, to combat bullies is to single them out one by one, even if I never personally single another one out.