comment on facebook

I just got this comment this morning from a member on facebook and I wanted to get everyone's opinions and thoughts on this comment.

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very very gay. if you ever did any four wheelin those gay bottom lights that do nothing would be ripped off in two seconds

It was a comment to this pic.



My response to it was this:

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My response, and I made this very clear to this person also on facebook, is that I like my blazer the way it is. Comments like this should be kept to yourself. I take that comment as a huge insult. I paid good money for the safari bar and lights. If I didn't want it to look like that, I wouldn't have done it. For your information, I don't do any off-roading, and I don't plan on it. I bought a blazer because I live in New England and winter driving is harsh and I wanted a 4 wheel drive for the snow driving. I speak for myself, and I'm sure if you have made comments like this to other people, I speak for them also. If your opinions aren't positive or helping anyone, please keep them to yourself. Comments like that are not called for and for your information, your comment has been deleted. Thank you.

Does anyone agree with me on this, or am I out of line here. I'm sure that if anyone received a comment from someone like this, they would be insulted. I mean, the lights would be ripped off if I went off roading, but he could tell me without the insults. And especially calling them gay, it's just not called for. I tried to find out what he had for a blazer, but couldn't find a pic.

I agree completely, sounds like you have some jerks on your network. I have never recieved a horrible comment like that before. I think you might need to change your privacy settings on who is able to view your pics. Like make it available to only your friends and then you dont have problems like this. I think your truck looks great. And customizing a vehicle is a way to express yourself and all that matters is that you like what you have done.

He made the comment through the blazer owners group that we are in. I'll just believe he is jealous cause his is probably a heap lmao!

You don't know the half of it. I get comments all the time (about 2x a week) from the same three people on Cardomain. I reported harrassment and replyed with very similar comments to yours. 
Stuff like "you need to drive your POS off the cliff" then I look at their profile and they are showing off their stock Honda Civics and Kawasaki crotch rockets. People need to just get the hang of not insulting other people and just not commenting at all.

Some people are just nasty for whatever reasons.
I guess I would just consider the source.
I don't know that I would even respond to them because then they know they got to you and will continue harrassing you.
He'd feel a lot different if he could afford a truck like yours.
 

*edit* nothing nice to say

Honda owners are all haters, trust me!!!!  - honda owner lol
Don't resond back to them as much as you want too, just ignore them and they will go away. Its easy to say that when in your mind you know you can run them over!!!!!

I think there are groups of them on any site. Cardomain has the same three people that comment about everyone. before they deleted their guestbook they had rude replies from about 30 people they had offended.
I just hate that stuff.
I've never had any rude comments on myspace. Unless its my friends... but they are joking.

Myspace is different by all means! I just enjoy the fact that my privacy settings prevent any unapproved comments from just going onto my page or pictures!!

The only security measure I have in place is my password.

While everyone is entitled to their own opinion, sometimes its better not to comment at all if you cant say something nice and mean it.  Unfortunately people arent all brought up that way and they feel their in competition with everyone around them. 

Anyway, I definitely would have removed the comment and probably responded somewhat how you did... but I would have made it clear that you feel he shouldnt speak on a public board as he did.

Davtak, you were very nice in your response back to that moron... If I got a comment like that I wouldn't be as nice in my response. Most people that make insulting comments about other peoples vehicles normally drive POS's or don't even own a vehicle. But I applaud you for the way you handle that.

Dave, I appreciate how the comment made you feel. When someone disparages something we are proud of it hurts our feelings. That said, I would also say 'relax'. You don't know the guy and he doesn't know you, so take the remark as coming from thin air.
One thing to remember is that when you post or show something in an open setting, others are free to express their thoughts about it. You and I like your lights - he didn't. I have had people on this and other forums take difference with opinions I have stated and have made remarks that amounted to, "If you don't like what I did, keep it to yourself." Well, if you tell or show what you did in a venue open to others to see, then they have the right to say what they think about it. The problem here is the way he said what he did. I can't tell if he was being mean, or if it's just his way of phrasing things. Anyway, let it pass by and know that your ride looks very good.

<<also thinks the lights look good

Thank you everybody.  The funny thing is I think I rewrote the response like about 15 times, each time getting a little nicer and easier.  If I sent the first message, I probably would have been kicked off the site.  Sometimes I might get a little carried away, but I'm one of those people who is not afraid to express what they are feeling.  I am going to leave the response up for one more day with hopes that maybe he has seen it, and then I am going to delete it.  I have already deleted his.  I just hope he hasn't said anything like this to anyone else, that is defenitely not a good way to make friends.  I wouldn't want a friend who talked like that to me, kidding or not.  Somethings are better left unsaid, just keep it to yourself.  No sense in hurting someone elses feelings by telling them how you feel, unless it's positive.  Escpecially being what he said to me.  I have put it behind me and am now planning some spring projects including a spread of lights across the roof rack, wheel spacers, window tints, neon lights, and a system.

Dave, I agree with everybody else who posted.  You responded with class, as it's clear he had none!

Your truck looks cool. He's probably just jealous!

sorry to get carried off-topic, but what bull bar is that? I'd like to get one similar to that one someday.

Thats a westin safari bar.
 
I like the bar and the lights, Dave. Your blazer is too cool to be degraded by haters =J

I like it too!

I had lights down on the bottom of mine too... Which worked great on the road... But they got filled with water, lol.
 
They'll do ya good, just gotta watch how deep the snow drifts you break are ;)
 
Good job on the response, though! No way in heck I can be that polite, lol.

You can't take what people say on these things too seriously. On the Chevy Beretta forum I'm on we have a yearly thing that we have city proposals for. I proposed Indianapolis since I live here and I heard some pretty negative comments about the city from people that didn't want it here. I kept my mouth shut, but there was one poor guy that erupted with name calling and insults any time something negative was said about the other proposal. I felt so sorry for him that I considered pulling my proposal, but my wife convinced me to stay the course. Anyway, I guess my point is you can't take comments on these internet thingees to seriously.  P.S. Indy lost

Most people talk crap when thats all they can do, take it for what its worth(nothing) and shrug it off.  

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ORIGINAL: davtak

. I tried to find out what he had for a blazer, but couldn't find a pic.

 
 
Hes probably some 14 yearold who thinks he could talk about other peoples cars when he dosnt even have one