I really should know better by now

[avevale_intelligencer]

I don't know why I keep doing it. I relax, I think I'm among friends, I tentatively bring out an idea that's close to my heart and I watch someone jumping up and down on the tiny shining thing because they choose to believe I've said something quite different. I don't think "Wouldn't it be nice if we could change our attitudes to the way we think about work and creativity" is quite the same as "Creative people should be let off work and everyone else should support them"; but I daresay I read old books of logic. Anyway, I don't suppose it would have cost me so much sleep if I wasn't still raw over the other thing, but as it is I don't even have the energy to be offended over what kind of person they obviously think I am.

Sorry for wasting everyone's time.

Comments

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

Nor did I feel my time was wasted.

"Wouldn't it be nice if we could change our attitudes to the way we think about work and creativity" is a terrific idea, and well worth discussion.

"Some people feel the world owes them a living" pushes buttons and is, IMO, not in the same league as what you've said here. Nor is refuting or disavowing it anywhere nearly as clear as what you've said above.