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Re: My First Piece of Hate Mail

Erik Carlson — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:58:41 -0000

Maybe the person who sent you that hate mail is the person that originally owned that bag of weed that your friend dumped out at Story 09?

Don't hate the playa,
ECC

Re: My First Piece of Hate Mail

Susie — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:30:08 -0000

I just calls 'em like I sees 'em

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Susie — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:29:14 -0000

Agreed Kevin. It's good readin'

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Kevin Sullivan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:19 -0000

He we could argue about that all day, but in the interest of us both getting some actual work done, let's just stick with "you're a good writer" and leave it at that. :)

Re: My First Piece of Hate Mail

Bill Bolte — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:30:36 -0000

yeah. I actually like the word. I read a lot of 19th century historical fiction and love the language used.

Re: My First Piece of Hate Mail

Justin Wise — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:23:03 -0000

Ha! I'd like to think it's because somehow, some way, the God who you hope exists actually does, in fact, exist.

But I could be wrong... :)

Re: My First Piece of Hate Mail

Justin Wise — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:22:17 -0000

This might be the most gracious, kind comment anyone has ever left on the site. Thank you :)

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Kevin Sullivan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:49:35 -0000

Hey, I read Justin regularly and I'm an atheist. He's just that good of a writer.

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Susie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:33:59 -0000

LOL! Sweatervests are the last great form of 80's prep self-expression. Who can hate sweatervests! Everyone looks good in them and they're the best of both worlds. The warmth of a sweater with no sleeves.
What do we disagree on? At the risk of revealing too much at once, I'm a liberal Catholic lesbian. *shrug* There it is. Let the flaming begin.
Why do I read? Because you are open-minded and kind. You write your perspective without beating people over the head with it. You challenge people to think and ask questions. Mostly, I read because you "get it".
I read because I'm a Catholic Christian, born and raised. A believer. And what you write interests me. Yes, I am gay, but I don't believe the two are mutually exclusive.
My church may have turned its back on me, but I refuse to give up on them... yet...

Re: My First Piece of Hate Mail

Justin Wise — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:06:47 -0000

Hooray! What did he say? You have good taste in translations? ;)

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Dawn Bryant — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:00:49 -0000

God just spoke directly through to you to me...for the second time in a week. New friends rock.

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Justin Wise — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:48:25 -0000

You bet... Here's a good summary of all the ... well .... summaries: http://www.catalystspace.co...

Re: My First Piece of Hate Mail

Justin Wise — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:47:17 -0000

Thanks Sammy... Rock that join!

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Justin Wise — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:47:06 -0000

Just flexin' the ol' vocab muscles, if you know what I'm sayin'!

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Justin Wise — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:46:46 -0000

Susie ... Thanks for the kind words. Although, I'm curious as to what we do not agree on. Just admit it, it's my love of sweater vests, isn't it? ;)

Thanks for reading even though we disagree. Awesome.

Re: My First Piece of Hate Mail

Susie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:39:30 -0000

To add: The blogosphere presents us with an anonymity (sp?) that you don't get in the real world. Sadly, more often than not, I see it bring out the worst in people, rather than the best. I have learned to steer clear in most cases. My skin is too thin.

Re: My First Piece of Hate Mail

Susie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:37:47 -0000

About 3 years ago I directed a play at a local theatre. Small venue, new play. It was my first full length directing experience. I was nervous but excited. I loved the script, the cast and lehad a lot of fun putting that tiny piece of myself out there. At the time I was also writing a blog for the Juice website, centered around the Des Moines theatre scene. Shortly after the play opened I asked for feedback on my blog, thinking (mistakenly) that it would get people to come to the show and we could have some great discussion about directing styles, directing a new script, etc. What I got instead was really just a lot of ugly words and unconstructive criticism. What's worse is it came from someone who used to be a friend. Someone who knew I was a new director, knew I would make mistakes, someone who I always thought would be supportive and understanding. The show wasn't perfect, even I know that. But there are ways to criticize with out destroying. That's not what happened. Things went downhill quickly and it pretty much decimated my confidence and (you will notice) I no longer blog for Juice. Keep blogging Justin. You have things to say and that's always good. You and I will always disagree on a number of things, but that doesn't mean we can't have civilized open-minded discussion. I may disagree with some of the things you say, but I will defend to my last breath your right to say it.

Re: My First Piece of Hate Mail

KBZO — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:12:38 -0000

Wow! Wow...wow! Loved that comment from "STORY." Really powerful! Thanks....empowering!

Re: My First Piece of Hate Mail

Bill Bolte — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:31:29 -0000

don't sweat it. nyone who uses the word "neigh" on Twitter is bound to get a piece of hate mail here and there. =]

Re: My First Piece of Hate Mail

Sam Mahlstadt — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:18:01 -0000

A couple weeks ago I had a reader comment on my blog let me know that I was; a false preacher, ignorant, without the spirit of Christ and that I should stop proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus (again, because I was a false preacher). It took me a while to decide how I felt about it, and indeed, it stung. Keep on thinking differently.

Re: My First Piece of Hate Mail

Justin Wise — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:52:02 -0000

I wish I could use this as my real email. I would. I totally would.

Re: My First Piece of Hate Mail

Steve — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:30:09 -0000

youaredoingaprettygoodjobsokeepupthegoodwork@awesomesauce.com

Re: My First Piece of Hate Mail

Steve — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:28:04 -0000

justinIthinkyouredoingaprettygoodjobsokeepupthegoodwork@gmail.com

Re: My First Piece of Hate Mail

Kevin Sullivan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:58:08 -0000

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill.

I also had a much longer reply to this and I thought it was pretty clever until I realized that the nitwit in the email said "shut up" instead of "you suck" proving that it is *I* and not Justin who not only "sucks" but is the one who needs to "shut up"

Re: My First Piece of Hate Mail

dannyjbixby — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:31:25 -0000

No matter how funny the discouragement can be ( I mean come on, yousuck@hotmail.com? awesome! ) or how easily we think we can brush it off, it sucks that it still stings.

Don't let it get you down.