RE: Just another day on Steemit, why I feel helpless.
I just saw this reply, and I had one for you in the steemit.chat room as well, which I'll go ahead and post here too. No reason not to:
Alright, look, I'll put a cap on it. I don't have to agree with what is done, but I have nothing personally against you. We just seem to have a disagreement on what is considered ethical. I've been putting more thought into all of this, and I'll make it my mission with any delegation I get to be use it for voting, not flagging. In fact I'm going to update my post to reflect this in just a minute (which I've since done). I honestly don't expect to get nearly the amount I've aimed for. I purposely aimed high because I figured it would give me a shot at getting at least a decent enough amount to do what I plan to do with it, which is simply to highlight what I consider - in my professional opinion - to be higher-shelf photography that seems to be getting lost in the shuffle. Yes, it's subjective. I get that. I never disagreed with that. I just don't find anything useful in philosophical discussions about subjectivity. I've already solidified my own personal stance on what is and isn't art (or good art) many years ago, as well as the realization that changing one's mind about any given subject in a debate is extremely unlikely. So I'd just rather not. We can shake hands and have an understanding about each other's position. We don't, of course, have to make enemies out of each other, either. I don't plan to anyway. The ultimate fact of the matter is that no suggestion for what direction any community should go will ever be accepted by 100% of the people in it. Yay, politics.