I either walk away or I write. Or really, I walk away and rant in my head as I pace around for too long. Then I think, damn.. that would make a good post and then I get to my keyboard and the smart words that were 'just' in my head.. gone. ;-)

Seriously though.. I had someone post something on FB and it was very judgmental but I know better. What is said can never be unsaid, so I didn't comment. I did however schedule a tweet about the issue. Then there were 2 posts in my LinkedIn Pulse suggested reading: one was platitude laden nonsense, an insult to fluff to call it a fluff piece, from a known 'thought leader' and the other, well it was a banal list article on industry stereotypes that does nothing to help that (aka my) industry. I really wanted to mix in and set the record straight b/c someone needs to but.. I know better.

I even asked on Twitter and G+, what's better - to leave an intelligent if disagreeing comment? Or to write a post of my own, link back? It's hard - you DO have to rock boats, you do have to take chances and a stand to make a point but there's always consequences. And if you're someone like me, then what happens is you're labeled a troll, or accused of attacking someone when really you're disagreeing w/ a post. Or worse, nothing as you're ignored anyway. And FWIW I've saved that list post on the off chance I use it for something else.