You Know Your A Redneck When...

Reality Check wrote:

sleepy wrote:
I hate bullies....

and to correct a strangers speach is arrogant and another type of bulling someone

We have had some good people that have made real contributions to the forum quit posting after being embarressed...

If a kind person would feel the need to correct someone they'ed send a PM....

... a jerk would want to prove they are superior by calling someone out in public... someone they don't know is even better...

I always take up for the victim...

BTW... I don't think that I've ever heard a redneck correct a strangers verbal mistake... in print either

You offer good reading... with much to ponder. On the surface, purely from the stand point of "if you don't have something nice to say...." you of course make great sense.

But on the other hand.....

One of the problems we of the 'not so young generation' see is the effects of "just let it be".

Not sure I'm liking where that is turning out either. Case in point; when some self centered person is talking on the phone in line at the grocery store, not paying attention, etc, do you roll your eyes and not say anything, think it's ok and just MYOB, or point out the rudeness (politely is a good idea)? Is peer pressure always a bad idea? Our manners a bad idea?

Which brings me to the point of your statement: I agree it's a fine line when offering up a correction. On the one hand, it's a public forum. On the other, are we so thin skinned we think we know it all and can't handle a polite helping hand? How many times have we all read someone's post that rambles without any punctuation and completely ignored what they were trying to say...because it was too painful to get through? Are you a fan of throwing spelling out the door just because someone might get their feelings hurt? I suggest that is one of the problems we have in our schools now. How's that working?

Still, I agree a lot with your post. Not sure where the perfect line is. But I do offer that the 'correction' offered was about as quiet and polite as it can be, minus as you offer, a PM. Yet, by publicly offering up the assistance, many others can (and hopefully) will learn from it. Not a bad trade off perhaps.

I have to agree with Reality Check on this one. Society seems to be too concerned with political correctness instead of what is corrrect.