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Anonymous

By Rubytuesday
Some of you will be aware that 2 of my beautiful friends here on bogger, Angharad and Bella have been targeted by an anonymous commenter recently
This commenter has been leaving some pretty nasty words on their blogs
Commenting on their appearance
Telling them that they are bad people
And generally being pretty rotten to these two girls
So far in all the time I've had my blog I've never received any horrible comments
But then yesterday this was left in my comments
'i don't really get it, why want to lose more weight when you want to go in and gain it, im confused...
and why still purge when you have committed urself to recovery?'
And no I haven't lost my ability to use grammar or spell, this is the exact way the comment was left
I had to read this a few times
It's often hard to read the intention behind the written word
Maybe it was a genuine question but I did feel a bit hurt
I don't have a problem with someone leaving an anonymous comment
Not at all
I completely understand that some people don't want to be identified
And that is perfectly fine
But it is a completely different story if someone is using the the anonymous option to leave hurtful comments
Then a person is free to say whatever they like without anyone ever knowing who they are
I don't know of this particular commenter is the same person who comments on Angharad and Bella's blogs but I have a sneaking suspicion that it is
I replied to this comment explaining that just because I have made the decision to go in to treatment, it doesn't mean that I am able to stop purging just like that
I'm not able to stop by myself
Hence the reason I am going in to treatment
If I could stop heck, I would have stopped years ago and would have no need to go in to treatment
And anyway, who ever said that EDs made sense?
This commenter seems to have a problem with us girls with EDs
The thing that I don't understand is why they read our blogs?
Why do they keep coming back again and again?
If they have an issue then they should just leave
I find it incredibly cowardly that this person doesn't have the courage of their convictions to put their name to their own words
I also can't understand why some people are determined to spread hate and put others down
Isn't there enough fucked-up-ness in the world already?
And to target people that are already feeling shit about themselves?
Well that's just plain nasty and mean
I am more upset for Angharad and Bella than I am more for myself
Their comments were far more hurtful than mine
And maybe I am over reacting to this
And maybe this person is not the same commenter and was genuinely asking a question
But I have a feeling that it is the same person and that I felt the need to write this post
So 'anonymous' of you are reading this, I challenge you to break your anonymity
I challenge you to write a comment under your own name
Let's see of you are as brave when you are being yourself
I was wondering about you
Have you ever experienced any haters or trolls or nasty comments?
How did you deal with it?

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