I am writing to apologize to you. About a year ago, I started reading your blog, enjoyed it, and commented occasionally. Eventually, my comments became antagonistic and unnecessarily argumentative. Instead of engaging in thoughtful debate, I began habitually trying to one-up you. I’m ashamed to admit I felt a great sense of pride when I believed I had successfully done so.

This week, I got published at Boundless and one of their bloggers wrote a follow-up about my piece (http://www.boundlessline.org/2011/08/real-people.html). The comments section went into nuclear meltdown as people – especially guys – angrily diced my article to pieces. When I tried to engage in the discussion, it only provided more material for them to deride. It was sickening, literally, and overwhelming.

By the end of the day, I was disgusted – not only with the experience in the comments section at Boundless – I was disgusted with myself. I remembered the way I interacted with your comment format last year, and I saw my wrong very clearly. I ask you to please forgive me for my unkindness to you.

Thank you.

JR