Well, when you wrote it using universal you, or 2nd person you plural, you made it be my opinion and everyone else's too. And it is not. I DO NOT feel as you do. Nowhere near it.

Given the high level of highlighting and claps my comment had gotten for a day and half, neither do a lot of people.

Perhaps you did not mean to use universal you. Maybe it was an unthinking error because of not wanting to own your own opinion. Fair enough. The fact remains you did use universal you and include everyone.

Secondly, you don't have to actually come right out and say something word for word to make a request. Like, my dog can't speak but when she goes and stares at the door she's asking to be taken outside. Like, when my daughter was a toddler and had a tantrum she was asking for quiet and rest. Like, when my boss drops a stack of papers in my inbox, they're asking the ones on top be done first and as soon as possible. This is not rocket science.

When you go on and on in an essay about feeling bad because of what someone else wrote and how there should be hope and positivity, you're asking for someone else to take the lead in your emotional regulation. I'll say it again. That's not their job. Or their responsibility. It is yours.

And lastly, look....you're not the only author bashing JW and UH recently. You're also not the only one I've been compelled to call out for it. How I know you're just band wagon bashing is your false charge that they offer no solutions. It's as clear as day you either haven't read their work or your reading comprehension is very very low. I don't read UH regularly but I've read every article JW has written for over two years. She does offer solutions. It's a lie to claim otherwise. She's written about developing resiliency. That's a solution. Learning to grow food. Solution. Conserving water. Solution. Building a network for help. Solution. Investing in infrastructure. Solution. Stocking up vs hording. Solution. Skill building. Solution. Voting. Solution. Buying less. Solution. Recycling. Solution. Preparing your children without terrifying them. Solution. Education. Solution. Knocking off the toxic positivity and hopium. Solution. I could go on.

So exactly where you and these other bashing writers get off dating they've offered no solutions is beyond me. Perhaps you'd like to explain to everyone why all those things I listed above are NOT solutions to your mind and what you'd like to see instead? It also did not go unnoticed that you didn't offer any solutions either. Just "asked" or hinted that they be provided to you in a tone that doesn't make you feel bad. Maybe wrapped up in rainbow and unicorn paper, I don't know.

I do know that you're right. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But. When you criticize someone like you did, including ALL of us in your criticism, you better have some firmer ground to stand on when you do it or someone like me is going to come along right quick and burst your bubble for you. And if you criticize someone, you better be accurate in what you're criticizing them for rather than going along with a crowd or a mob like a lemming. Do your own research. Think your own thoughts. Draw your own conclusions. Don't be a puppet or a lemming.