Made Facebook argument personal

[Clutteredmind]

I shared an opinion on a local Facebook page, going against the grain, not a single other person appeared to have my opinion.
Basically, a loud event has been shut down by the council and changed so they can’t play loud music and disturb other people. Lots of people going, lots of people apologising, lots of complaining about the change.
I agreed that the noise should be tuned down. It’s something I feel strongly about. Theres a lot of antisocial behaviour in my town. I got piled on by people that don’t agree with my views. Got a lot of abuse.
Got told I’m being laughed at and my responses were reasonable until that point (in my opinion). I snapped. I replied with a personal attack about their appearance, basically said they are an insecure with no personal identity. Fake blonde hair, lashes, looks the same as all the others. Got a rush, and instant regret. I’ve tried to assert myself and am going to come away from it now. Be kind

Read it again.

Still think you were the one who was nasty and you crossed the line.

You’re really not showing any remorse…

Oh I'm wounded 🥴

To be honest, this happens so often on Facebook that most people just shrug and forget it. I remember during Covid I was in a discussion about the vaccines and I expressed an opinion (iirc that people in customer-facing roles should get a priority vaccine instead of having to wait for their age group to come round). Well, I got death threats, I got people hoping my entire family died of Covid, I had attacks on my appearance (tough because my profile picture was my dog!), I had just about every single remark thrown at me that you can think of. And at first I took it personally, and then - with the remark about how they bet no man could ever bear to look at me and how I deserved to die alone (with the profile picture being my utterly adorable terrier), I realised that it was a knee jerk response and not aimed at ME personally, just at my opinion.

Facebook be crazy, basically.

So you moved to an area, then voiced a opinion on a local event being antisocial because its too loud, making it look like you reported it?
People shouldn't of ganged up on you without proof BUT in future I'd hold back from sharing obviously controversial opinions on a local fb page as it won't make it any easier to make friends in the community.. nor insulting other women for the way they look? It screams that you think you are better than them, again making you seem not very nice.
Honestly I'd delete all my comments and let it die down.

Wtf?! It’s Facebook. Why the heck are you so invested. Write your opinion if you must, but you don’t even know these people ffs. You’re wasting your time on this shit tbh. You should have just ignored any replies you didn’t like. Agree with PP to delete but even I think I’ve wasted too much time on this. People put stuff on my local group I disagree with all the time, I’ve not once been bothered to share my opinion even when it actively affects me!

You resorted to the classic FB gutter by turning a discussion into a personal attack. People do it because they fear they're losing a point, they feel threatened by other opinions or because they have simply run out of things to say. It happens a lot. I find it much better to just put a reaction emoji to someone else's post rather than get dragged into the gutter.

Why can’t you just delete the post?
Forget, move on, don’t do it again

Well I think we can see how the FB situation might have arisen.....

I love that you ended your post with be kind 😂

I think an internet break is a good idea.

Doubling down when you're in the wrong won't help

Next time follow your own guidance and be kind.

Delete the comment.

Apologise and admit that your actions were disgusting.

Delete Facebook.

Work on yourself and getting a better personality.

What kind of name is slash beef

You're doing it again, @Clutteredmind: getting personal online. Can you see how it starts?

So you stand by your horrible, judgmental opinion - you just wish you hadn't written it on Facebook?

Did you delete the comment? You've embarrassed yourself on a public forum. Never understand how people can do that.

Well they have done it on here too, maybe the internet isn't for them

I get it OP- it’s really hard to be the only one who is reasonable especially when there are some intense virtue signaling going on.

Apologise- do your own peace of mind and log out of FB for a couple of weeks.

OP isn't the reasonable one though? She lost an argument and rather than retire gracefully she launched a nasty personal attack. Then came and asked for advice and exhibited the same behaviour. To still see OP as 'the reasonable one's seems off base to me.

Don't dish it out if you can't take it.
You're not special.
You're not entitled to get kindness you don't give.
You give shit, you'll get shit.

No doubt you'll respond to this with abuse because it's clear thats the type of person you are.

So 🤷‍♀️ consequences, meet actions.

Suck it up and wait for it to blow over.

She got shit first so your argument is flawed.