undergroundsea
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Joined: 6/27/2004 From: Austin, TX Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: MsStarlett Rants are very therapeutic. <snip> It's also good for them to hear other posters comments because it helps the OP get a better handle on the situation by analyzing what others have done in the same situation. I agree entirely. I agree that frustration is more likely to motivate one to write about an issue than a status quo or a state of being content. I also agree that rants serve a purpose. Indeed they enable venting and the type of communication you describe. Also, they bring attention to behavior that is or has potential to be problematic. The down side of rants against the other side is that they carry negativity, and they can create an us versus them air. And rants often take the behavior of one or a few and generalize it to all or many, which feels unfair to those to whom the generalization does not apply. That is not to say that rants should not be done because of this negativity. However, I think there are ways to achieve the benefits of rants and minimize the cons through appropriately wording the rant. I apply this perspective to rants from women, and to rants from men, be they about financial stuff, or something along the lines of this thread. As for my reference to weary, there was a sub who used to post here who constantly criticized and spoke negatively of professional dommes. I think this constant negativity affected how he was perceived by dommes in general. A constant flow of criticism and negativity can create the same result for anyone. Cheers, Sea
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