*sigh* When my husband and I went on a trip to visit my family out of state, we open carried everywhere it was legal, and it was awesome. We carried a small pocket recorder in case we ran into any encounters, and I recorded a video where I was able to educate a local on some of the gun laws in her state.
At my husband's suggestion, we posted it on youtube, and almost every comment so far has been positive.
Today, I got a notification about one of the comments posted on the video, and this person said "gun owners are stupid, especially the woman in this video. Sad she is going to reproduce."
Now, being that it's the internet, I'm not surprised that anti's and generally rude people are going to say ignorant and offensive things, and I'm smart enough to not respond to an instigator, since all that will come of it is inflaming their ego and making things worse (I really doubt I'd be able to educate someone with such an opinion, no matter how rational my argument.) But it still ticks me off.
It also makes me extremely grateful for this community and the friends I've found here. Thanks to all you guys for being so awesome and encouraging!!!
At my husband's suggestion, we posted it on youtube, and almost every comment so far has been positive.
Today, I got a notification about one of the comments posted on the video, and this person said "gun owners are stupid, especially the woman in this video. Sad she is going to reproduce."
Now, being that it's the internet, I'm not surprised that anti's and generally rude people are going to say ignorant and offensive things, and I'm smart enough to not respond to an instigator, since all that will come of it is inflaming their ego and making things worse (I really doubt I'd be able to educate someone with such an opinion, no matter how rational my argument.) But it still ticks me off.
It also makes me extremely grateful for this community and the friends I've found here. Thanks to all you guys for being so awesome and encouraging!!!