On criticism. (Small Rant Post)

Tonight I watched this documentary Jamie Kennedy made called "Heckler." The movie basically just looks at the way people in the entertainment industry are criticized. There were some clips showed from comedy shows where a comedian would just lose it because of either one or multiple people in the audience not behaving accordingly. Jamie also talked a lot about specific reviews he's gotten and how most of them come off as a personal attack as opposed to an intelligent look at the work.
Since this movie also had a portion that discussed the stuff that is said online and the effect blogs can have, I feel it's important for me to put out there that I am not here to critique or criticize any of the books I choose to talk about on this blog. As someone who studied English and had numerous classes that consisted of lots of class discussions of texts, I love hearing other peoples reads of things and hearing other peoples interpretations. It's so interesting to me that we can all read the same book and notice and pick out different things about it. I'm not here to rip apart any book, even if I don't like it.
It's weird to me that some people gravitate towards meanness and hatred. Sometimes, I think people confuse being truthful with being plain mean. There's also this weird thing where like people seem to think they need to be shocking so they can gain notoriety but that is usually at the expense of another person. It's like people think it's cool to be cynical and mean and will say anything without thinking about what those words will mean after they're said. I guess my point is, as Ellen always says, be kind to one another.

(omg sorry about this weird tirade we'll be back to your regularly scheduled programming shortly here's an unflattering picture of me to get us back on track)