I'm seriously concerned
Hi all,
I do not mean the below post to be condemnatory to anyone in this community, and I know what you're thinking, I'm not writing another one of those "blind community is horrible because" posts that we've all seen at some point. But honestly, there is something that is really concerning me.
See, in the environment in which I was raised, I've been taught that just because I'm blind, I don't deserve to be set apart and treated completely different from people just like me, only with a bit more use for their eyes. I was still allowed to be myself, learn like everyone else, and do what I wanted as long as it didn't get me in trouble.
But as I've come more into the blind community, I've began to find something, that has become more and more clear to me over the years. I guess it is because we're so small, and there are a number of us who could perhaps be more sheltered than most due to
our condition. I'm not calling anyone out or looking down upon anyone, but it's a fact. But for whatever reason, there are those of us who seem to take it upon themselves as playing a sort of parental role: telling the rest of us we need to calm down, that we're acting entitled and going as far as implying we're a disgrace to this community and giving it a bad rep, informing us of what we should do with our opinions (stop complaining, stop ranting because it does nothing, be constructive etc), and last but not least they have been known at time to try and manipulate us by informing us we should be grateful for x developer or y game, no matter if we feel that the game's powers that be are compromising our gaming experience, the game is being poorly maintained, or we're not getting what we paid for. In fact, there was an instance a couple weeks ago where I spotted a community member's post informing us all that a certain developer had worked tireles
sly to create the game we were reporting more bugs than praises on, which by the way hadn't been updated in several months and is ran on a subscription based payment system, and told us all that we should just renew our accounts, get on and make it like it was before, and stop complaining so the developer wouldn't have so much negativity to weed through.
See, my problem is this. We all are aware that in this world we live in, nothing is unanimously liked: I do not just mean product wise, I mean opinion and how opinion is stated. I myself get irritated when someone else tells me my opinion is wrong, but it's usually a quick flash and then I remember hey, I don't like your opinion. And you probably don't like my opinion that your opinion that mine is wrong is, well, wrong. But who cares? Opinions. It's not hurting anyone. No, what I have a problem with is:
1. It is these people who believe they actually have, the right, to dictate how so
meone states an opinion because perhaps the wording or punctuation did not conform to their guidelines of what is and what is not cringe worthy.
2. It is those people who believe it is their position to inform those of us who have something to say that is longer than what they'd prefer to read on the subject matter that we should stop ranting, because it "helps nothing".
3. It is those, people, who tell us our opinion helps nothing when we have something negative to say, but encourage it when it is something that would make the developer smile, I.E. A compliment, a nicely worded suggestion, or, similar to point number 1, not something they personally find discouraging. Please, do feel free to correct me, but only excepting opinion based on what, according to your mind set, is rude or not, is quite a definite form of bigotry.
And again, it's not the opinions of those above 3 things I find completely unjustified. No, because if it was, would
n't this whole post be a big wet slop of gourmet bigotry at its finest? No, it's the fact that, as stated in the above paragraphs, some people take it upon themselves to "reign in" those whom they feel are going out of line, by these standards. "I think some people need to calm down" and "some people just need to calm down" are two different things. But that's not even the main point either: what right does anyone have to tell me that opinions like mine are a disgrace to the blind community? What right does a single member of this community have to tell me that I should knock off my "entitled" attitude because it is causing the game developers they seem to revere so much to up and quit? That's not opinion, that's attempt to force someone to conform based on manipulation. And the way I see it is, people complain all the time in the real world. People speak out, fight for what they want, etc in the real world. Others sti
ll, inform them of their not so fond opinion of their complaining. But the president of the United States does not tell the protesters to just shut up, because they're the reason previous people of his position have abandoned them to go fall apart or whatever. So why, do some people here feel the need to do that?
Rant over. Again, this isn't, everyone. I personally have no hard feelings towards anyone on this forum, and I find you all a great bunch to discuss, game, and generally hang out with. But I felt this needed saying, because it has been bugging me.
And for those wondering holy crap dude, do you have, like, a life or something? I know, that was long. I see your point. Of course I do, and I probably shouldn't have spent so much time typing.
that said, have a good night everyone.
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