Four Ways To Earn Your Props in the B/R College Football Community

I will give you my opinion when I comment on your articles, and I hope you will take the time to consider what I say, but I will not attempt to force my opinion down your throat. I have always despised a bully and have had my fair share of trips to the principal’s office because I stood up for someone who was getting shoved around.

A keyboard bully is no less reprehensible to me.

Think

There is a difference between reacting and responding. Reaction requires no real thought process. You hit me, I hit you—we both deal with the consequences later. Graveyards are full of reactionaries.

Response, on the other hand, requires that we engage our gray matter—that we take the time to consider our next move.

That’s it! Take a deep breath! Feel the blood pressure dropping... Now, do they have a valid point? At least consider what they say. If you are convinced they are wrong, remember this is Bleacher Report, not a life or death forum. Keep breathing...it’s healthy.

Everyone knows something I don’t know—therefore I can learn something from everyone.

Respect

I am always amazed at people who signed up 45 minutes ago and suddenly launch an all-out verbal onslaught against a respected B/R writer. You might consider visiting their bio page before you trash them, see how long they have been in our community, how many articles they have written, and how many fans they have (a sure sign of community respect).

We are a community, and we expect to have to earn our stripes. We do not ask that anything be handed to us. We may not agree on some of the issues that arise on the various threads of this site, and we may argue from time to time, but we will have each other's back.

If you want respect, then show respect. If you want to feel accepted here, be willing to accept others—regardless of how their opinion differs from yours.

Now, go ahead and print this article, and empty both nostrils, but remember—those paper cuts hurt!

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