Should I continue to let this drive me completely nuts or should I go to my safe place and simply let it go?
I am always saying not to let the small stuff get to you, but a couple of weeks ago I encountered this short essay on Columbus Day where the second paragraph concludes with:
Many people are against the celebration of Columbus day because they say that America was first discovered by Washington Irving and achievements of Columbus were not enough to honour him by celebrating this day.
I left a comment but either no one was “home” to approve it, or they were possibly put off by my rather agitated state regarding not just the absurdity and insanity of the inaccuracy, but that something like that would be allowed to be posted to a website that seems to be about providing information to people on a variety of subjects. It’s not a website of funny history essays, full of mistakes, by grade school children.
These kinds of things drive me crazy.
Should I try again, maybe leave another comment, toned down this time, or should I just let it go?
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No way of knowing who wrote it? I’m wondering because could it be someone new to the site? I’d write them again, just a short note stating my thoughts as to the credibility of the site having read that. Since it is online, I’d let it go unless you know exactly where your comments are left and if they are even read.
If you are going to pursue it, perhaps you should do it in a different manner (you know what they say about expecting a different result from repeated action…). Could you write to the editor?
Actually… then I clicked on the link, and noticed that your comment is not there. Is there a chance that somehow it was lost and not posted at all? Given that the article was written at least a year ago, maybe no one is attending to old entries at all.
You could try again, but leave the comment in a more professional manner. Now I’m not saying it wasn’t; I have no idea what it was because I didn’t see it, but I’ll just go from what you’re saying of it. If you think it was too agitated, try it again, but yeah, tone it down. Or wait a bit to see if it gets approved. Maybe it takes a while.
I’m getting this, right; your comment was not posted?
If you really want to go through with all this, then by all means, especially for educative purposes, I find that admirable. (maybe you could include facts in your comments that dispute the statement in your details?) But the Internet is full of bullshit, I wouldn’t go crazy over this if I were you. Pursue it, yeah, but don’t be loosing sleep over it, yea?
Our president thinks there is 57 states….don’t sweat the small stuff.
I got your back lilly… I say we go down’air n’ mess doze punkies up! You bring the tire irons and I’ll git da snow chains. Doan Mess Wit Sasquach… or Clumbus!
Look, you cannot educate everyone in the world. You should shake your head, feel superior, and let it go.
I think, from the errors in grammar, that the article was not written by someone from the U.S. and the ignorant errors should be excused as just that: ignorance. Don’t let it dismay you. I think the saying is something like, “Don’t fuss about things over which you have no control.”
Focus on on things where you have some say in the matter.
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