Netiquette and knobs

Netiquette and knobs

I don’t want to talk about the election any more. I’ve just about had my fill of politics for one year.

So I had a minor conniption on Facebook the other night.

I must say I’m a fan of the usual bon mots and snappy repartee. And for the most part, the younger bookers seem pretty mature.

However. There’s one random gronk who posts the most offensive diatribe I think I’ve ever seen. From racist remarks and insults about drag queens, the elderly or the obese to boasting about nightclub bans after dropping on G.

Not cool, buddy.

Even more lame is when others chime in with drivel like “Yeah, you speak up and you’re called a racist”. Uum, no, you’re called a racist because you are a racist. Ditto for your smarmy little invectives based on appearance, sexual preference, or social demographic. And no, it’s not political correctness gone mad.

It’s common sense.

Curiously, the random’s response to anyone finding his remarks offensive: “Just delete me, who asked you to be on my page anyway?” Funnily enough, he did. Nor was I aware I was on ‘his’ page. I was just going about my business when his putrid posts hijacked my feed.

It’s not like I’m farting flowers, but it does beg the question — do we have a social responsibility online?

A flick through his pics revealed a plethora of trashy nights with bogans. Yes, it’s irresponsible tools like this who not only give gay youth a bad name but they bring throngs of their feral mates into our community to urinate in our streets and ruin our venues — usually departing on a stretcher, when the paramedics could instead be attending to a victim of a hate crime down the road.

We’re all young and foolish at some stage. But must you brag about your fuckwittery?

Keep your stupidity to yourself. When we have friend lists or followers in the thousands, we have a certain duty of care to think before we vent. I know I can delete him. I could care less, but there’s a part of me that wants to keep an eye on the little shit.

Otherwise, I just want to tell him to grow the hell up.

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5 responses to “Netiquette and knobs”

  1. Good one ya Damien. That asshole will find out later that posting that shit all over the net will make it harder for him to get a job unless he’s a leech that doesn’t want to work. I for one don’t like having to put up with drunk and drug fucked queens on my nights out. Bogan is right.

  2. What a cack.. ur hilarious when ur angry.. its true why do they drag their westie friends into our clubs and pubs?? I would delete him

  3. I think we do have a social responsibility online, its not much difference to talking to people on the street (the only difference is your talking to them via email / messaging rather than face to face obviously) – whichever way the other person is going to hear your opinion (or read it).
    I think people feel safe to express their “Fuckwittery” online because there not in direct physical contact with the person, I’m sure these people would not try to behave the same way if they met the person one on one (well depending on their level of “fuckwittery”.

    God I love that word!