It's a guilty pleasure and a slightly shameful admission: I've been following Sarah Palin's Twitter feed. She certainly is a frequent, enthusiastic and, arguably, effective user of the medium.
Alas, much of her tweets consist of defensive stuff like this:
"Criticism is something easily avoided by saying nothing, doing nothing, being nothing."Aristotle Don't fear it;it means u make a difference
Now, I am not somebody who loves being criticized myself (laughs bitterly); however, I recognize that sometimes when somebody criticizes you, they may have a point. Maybe there's something I can learn from what somebody is telling me. It may not be what I want to hear, but it may be what I need to hear, in order to do better in the future.
That may have been Aristotle's ultimate point (I'm having trouble locating the original quote in context) but that's not Ms. Sarah's. Criticism just means she should keep on doing whatever she's doing. If people are noticing it, that's good. But she doesn't have to listen to her detractors (though she often answers back to them in her tweets and offline), doesn't have to pause in her tracks, doesn't have to reflect on any mistakes she may have made.
Sarah, "u" may be making a difference, but you, we all, should pause and reflect on whether it's a good one or not.
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