Raise your hand if you haven't had a "hater" of those who hide behind a profile without a photo, with a name that looks like a WiFi password, and who only appears to spit bile and disappear.
Do you see it? There are no hands raised. Because all of us who opine, write, or simply breathe louder than normal have one. Or twenty.
And look, I'm very much about freedom of expression, but let's not confuse freedom with digital cowardice. Because you can have an opinion. You can also dissent. But doing it from the shadows, without a face, without a name, and without arguments, is like throwing a stone and hiding the neuron.
You, anonymous, who dedicate yourself to commenting on my opinion articles as if you had the Pulitzer under your arm and a doctoral thesis in insultology, let me tell you something: you are not a critic, you are a coward with WiFi. Because when one truly believes in what they think, they show their face, sign with their name, and endure the response. Like the brave do. Like I do.
Do you know what your problem is? It bothers you that someone says what they think, with style, with rage if necessary, and with a pair of ovaries or balls, depending on the day. It pisses you off to see that someone writes what you don't even dare to think out loud. And then you do the only thing you can: bark from anonymity.
But while you hide behind a keyboard, I expose myself. I sign myself. I show myself. And if you don't like what I say, write your own article, honey. But don't come at me with misspellings and inferiority complexes, because I'm not your therapist, nor do I have time to read you between the lines of resentment.
Many people in my environment and other authors say that we shouldn't even respond or waste time reading. But I do respond. And I do it through articles. Because while you use anonymity to spit, I use my name to sign. And that, honey, is what differentiates us: you are a comment. I am content.
This is not a debate, it's a sentence:
If you don't show your face, don't give your opinion. Period.
And that's it.
