Thread:Fearless Diva/@comment-3452092-20181119183609

I was having what I thought was a friendly exchange of differences of opinions, but the latest response to it makes me feel like I am being told to shut down my opinions and beliefs because they are inferior and not allowed. It uses the kind of language that while not offensive or profane is generally used to shut down people. I was going to respond and you can read my partially written response below, but have decided that I probably shouldn't if I want to maintain peace on the wikia, which makes me sad.

I did not feel comfortable discussing this on the wikia, so I am posting it here instead.

https://choices-stories-you-play.wikia.com/wiki/A_Courtesan_of_Rome#comm-48037

As you can see from reading it, I am in a minority in the conversation, but I felt the first two people just held differing opinions from me while the third one wants me quiet.

I generally try to stay out of these kinds of conversations, because I am pretty much always in a minority, but this one seemed harmless enough and didn't seem like it was going to cause any kind of major issues, so I wanted to present a different viewpoint.

At any rate, I wanted to let you know before this became anything more than it is and while it makes me feel like I should be apologizing for having an opinion, I won't apologize for that, because I very much think people are entitled to not only their opinions but the right to hold one that is different than other people's. I am sorry if expressing my opinion causes trouble, because that is not what I want. I just wanted a conversation on why different people hold different opinions on this subject.

Below is what I wrote and decided not to post there.

I don't technically believe in good people, because I believe in order to be good you must never have done anything bad and I don't believe there is anyone like that. I believe in good and bad actions. I guess whether or not I believe in good and bad forces depends on what you mean by that.

I do agree that those two mindsets are very alike and I believe both mindsets are pretty much wrong. Or at the very least not what either should be focusing on if they ever want anything to change between them.

I also believe that letting one thing define you is a mistake, not wrong, because not all mistakes are wrong, but there is so much more to any given person than just that one thing.

As for being triggered, I am sorry you feel that way, but to make things far more clear, I figure I should give an example of some of the things I was talking about where I am upset by the actions of the characters despite still liking the characters. The specific one I was thinking about when I wrote that was stealing the spirit stick from Hearst in High School Story, Book 1. Another one that comes to mind is the ganging up on Nick in Home for the Holidays, although that was actually a situation that turned me from liking the MC (and Wyatt) to disliking both of them, so perhaps not the best example. Then there is the MC in The Freshman and her actions toward Sebastian as well as her completely disregard of Chris' wishes in the election against Sebastian. Autumn breaking up with Wes in High School Story, Book 2 is another good example, because I still liked Autumn, but I was mad at her for her actions. I can't say the last one was bad, so much as annoying and hurtful, so perhaps not a great example. In #LoveHacks much as I don't care for Amy, the way the entire group got together and worked to break up her and Mark was I think bad mostly because they were going behind their backs and lying to them.

As I don't want what I believe to be a friendly discussion to turn into something bad, I 