Tonight, on the Star Chamber Show, we were joined by someone new in the chat room, and after exchanging pleasantries, this person suddenly turned snobby:
"writing a book is by no means
a world accomplishment that."
"it perhaps can be self
soothing...but not an accomplishment that can
assist the suffering masses."
"the world needs real
info...enlightening info....sacred info"
This, after expressing seeming disdain for my 22 published works....
"Quality, not quantity is what counts"
and...
"99.99% of books published are crap"
I tried to stay nice. I said I'd read a lot of crap, but it was the exception, rather than the norm. I was commenting on something the host said, that it takes guts to put ourselves out there....
"That's how we learn if we have any talent!"
To which this person replied, "I disagree."
Thankfully, the co-host managed to be tactful in her responses, while I was dearly wanting to type.....
"Are you TRYING to insult us?"
"We also need ENTERTAINMENT!"
"What would YOU consider a 'worldly accomplishment'?"
"What the hell do you call all those self-help books, if not to assist the 'suffering masses', and how do you know a good book to disappear into won't help?"
"Oh, so you're one of those people who only reads non-fiction?"
"I highly doubt the dictionary of the occult/English language is 'enlightening'!"
Then this person commented he'd read Drakula...."though 99% was supposedly true."
WTH?????
I seriously hope that
a) this person was simply bored and decided to see if he could get a rise out of us on Live Radio
b) this person never pops into the show again.
I might not be so nice next time, and actually TYPE the above responses, to see what happens.
If they show up again and start this nonsense I will not be so nice the next time. Hopefully they seen we were live and tried to provoke us but seen we behaved for NOW lol There is a flooded market with a lot of trash put there but not 99.9% as they stated. Also we need fiction just as much as non fiction. They actually go hand in hand complimenting each other. I will say thank you for being so patient.
ReplyDeleteThis person was clearly too impressed with him or herself to realize that storytelling has been a part of illustrating truths and wisdom since the beginning. Fiction is capable of exploring powerful philosophical territory. Read the works of C.S. Lewis, Robert Heinlein or Paulo Coelho to name three examples. This person is simply not the genius that they believe themselves to be. LOL Don't sweat it! :)
ReplyDeleteLOL....I just HAD to vent about it....it really was too incredible to believe someone would pop into a chat room on a show featuring AUTHORS and then proceed to insult everyone.
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