In any case, the major point I wanted to make was that there is a HUGE difference between addressing issues like adults and acting like children. The name calling and the harsh words have come from both sides (and yes, I admit that it's due to a great deal of provokation that Psycho Puck Lady was induced to retaliate). I think that we all need to inform ourselves better and to make our own choices, not just in this situation, but in every situation.

All that being said, I do appreciate the comments. This is my first post, and I'm open to hearing comments and criticisms from the readers. All I can do is listen, and try to be better in the future. I have an admittedly thin skin and a somewhat hard head, but I do try to take comments and consider them, especially as I go forward writing for this awesome site!

I tried to indicate in the post that I don't think either side is completely in the right in this situation but I guess that maybe that point got buried under all the background I had to give for the non-Twitter readers of the blog…

I agree with you that Psycho Puck Lady is not the evil that everyone has made her out to be, and if people were just open to actually informing themselves, instead of just going along with the self-appointed “moral” majority, then this might never have become the issue that it did. And the people who are against her have gone about it in completely the wrong way. I'm an adult, and I will choose who I follow/read/etc and I won't allow people to make my decisions for me. I respect everyone's right to do the same as well. Like gimmeapuck said, if you don't like it, don't read it applies in all senses.

I think Psycho Lady Hockey is also right that there's a bit of moral equivalency going on with the post, however. I had a lot of people I thought were my friends stop following or associating with me because I didn't go along with the Borg and immediately decide Psycho Puck Lady – whom I consider a good friend – is a danger to humankind. Neither I nor anyone else who got caught in the crossfire (all I did was RT a post that I considered satire…that got the guns trained on me) EVER tried to force friends/followers to stop associating with the individuals in question. Meanwhile, people involved have said some pretty vile things about Psycho Puck Lady, myself, and other people who disagreed with their opinion, and in some cases certain individuals have tried to hurt people's professional reputations. I think that's a profound difference.

On the whole, I agree completely with gimmeapuck's point – not everyone is going to like everything. My blog has haters too, though not on this level…anyone who is offended by or simply doesn't like a site can stop reading it. There's no need for the rest of it.

Thanks for saying this, Amanda, again.