Because I am kind, polite, and always helpful.

I’m here to help you all out with a bit of friendly information for bloggers and those who use social media applications for business or networking with others. This is also good information for halfwits who have access to a computer and whack at the keys in random order.

Having some type of contact information on your website and your social media pages is a good idea if you’re interested in interacting with the outside world. And I’m assuming that if you use things like Twitter, etc, then that is most likely the case. Especially if you send out @’s to people.

One might want to contact you about something – elaborate her feelings. Maybe relate to you something FYI. (By the way, since I’m being helpful today, FYI means “For Your Information.”) A person might want to do that privately, between you and her, out of respect for you. Because hey, that’s the decent thing to do, right?  So she looks for your email address.

But if you don’t leave your contact information anywhere, this becomes difficult.

It doesn’t have to be your personal email address – set up a business account, whatever.

I can’t find an email I need right now. And I can’t shut this.

So here I am! Lucky, lucky you.  You feel so lucky, don’t you?  Come on… tell me you do.

And by the way, I have a general rule of not calling out specific people on my website, but damn it, if you belittle my friends publicly? When you stand up in a public forum and go out of your way to put down someone I love – someone who is a damn fine person, both intelligent and compassionate? You’re pushing me.

This was brought to my attention yesterday:

And it is bullshit.

Because, hai! You can follow and unfollow whoever the hell you want on Twitter. But announcing it as a Tweet is about the most STUPID ASS THING you can do. You deserve an immediate STFU when you do that.

I was not happy. Leslie is a close friend.

photo credit: Angie

*cough*

So, anyway, she is a close friend and she doesn’t deserve that kind of treatment.

So. I checked out this Keyboard Whacker.  Here is her bio:

And you know, I have no problem with that, whatsoever.  I want to say that at the outset here.  I am not a Believer Basher or a Jesus Hater.  If you know me, you know that.  But, and here’s another FYI moment for you, know this:  Your Twitter Bio represents who you are, and everyone visiting your page will take it as that.  Because this is how you’re representing yourself in a nutshell.  So, hey, if you write it there, people are going to refer to it.  Doubt that not.

Ok.  Taking out the name, but I’m well aware you can easily find it. Just don’t see the need for it here.

So -

from @SarcasticMomLC

from @VDog

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Someone forgot the daily challenge they typed in their own bio. Rut-roh!

Oh, and this was the offending snatchiness.

As far as I can gather, he didn’t separate himself from sinners, either.

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Just for FYI.  You know, in other words, just for for your information.

Man, I think those might just be the most sincere apologies I’ve ever seen.

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Pioneer Woman Blog College? LMMFAO Oh, my.

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You might want to revisit the process.

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Wait. What the?  Hold on.  Okay. “you got did from my bio…” *scanning, scanning* Nope. Does not process.

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That is, more or less, what unfolded.  It’s ridiculous, and yes it’s drama. Oooh, the gossipy drama.  Which, yeah. But I had to go there this time.  (Please to be scrolling back up and reviewing the Flinger Kissing photo and the part about she’s mah beesh forevah.)

And then the rest of that crap just left me needing to talk to this woman a little, but not really out there, or only in 140.  But I couldn’t nail down her damn email address.

And so here goes it, the open letter to Keyboard Whacker.

I definitely don’t hold Christians to a standard of perfection.  However, most “followers of Jesus” generally aim to be more like Him.  Is that not what you are challenged to do every day?  Enlighten me to your different way of following Him if that is not the case.  If you are announcing these things about your relationship with and to Jesus on your Twitter page, you might want to try harder to represent his ideals appropriately to the public as you use your account.  You make a very poor example for others if you can’t even filter yourself enough to avoid attacking other people for minding their own business and being themselves on their own turf.  Jesus’ aim is to deliver us from sin, not belittle us for it. I have high doubts that he would say to anyone “You cuss, I can’t hang with you because I don’t like foulness.” Instead, I’m thinking He would show that person love and compassion.  Do you think he would publicly humiliate a person for their sins?  Personally, I don’t.  So get a clue.  You’re not perfect, we get it.  But I’m calling bullshit on you this time, because it needs to be done.  Even your apology to Leslie (mrsflinger) is a cop out – you apologized “if you offended her” – you didn’t apologize for belittling her.  And you claimed she needed to know why you were unfollowing her – as if she needs to change who she is comfortable being so that she doesn’t lose followers.  Some things are more important to people in life than their number of Twitter followers – Leslie is secure in who she is, and she doesn’t need your “for FYI” comments.  But if you really feel the need in the future to connect with someone and let them know why you are unfollowing, I suggest you email them.  Most of us have really easy to find contact information on our websites.  And that’s probably the decent thing to do.  I’m thinking it’s likely what a modern day Jesus would do.  So your challenge continues – and yes it IS your mission, unless you were lying on your Twitter bio.  So I hope you’re better able to accomplish it today, tomorrow, and every day after, if that is what you find fulfilling.

Peace.

So that’s that.  And I feel better having gotten it out.

But I saved something delicious for you to end with.

There’s a Tweet Bot that auto-retweets certain user tweets – somehow I ended up on this list. (I know, I’m SO HONORED. Yeah.) Well.  It retweeted my earlier messages to Keyboard Whacker.

And? She actually talked back to it.

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The End.

Thoughts?