K, I got a really respectful ask, disagreeing with my earlier opinion. I know y’all are probably sick of this by now, but since I answered her privately, I just wanted to share what she said and what I responded with, along with an extra tidbit at the end.
So… Here’s her ask:
While I disagree with your opinion on those who live in a natural disaster area, I can respect you as a person. I live in west MI, so the worse thing we get is lake effect & sometimes flooding, so I can only sympathize with the victims. Theres no reason for your anons to attack you & try to insult you. Shows more about them than your opinion does about you.
To which I replied:
Thank you for taking the time to let me know this face to face (so to speak) and I respect that you disagree. :)
I get that it sucks to lose your home. Trust, I lost mine to a fire on Christmas when I was 13. It blows, it really does. But it’s also not the end of the world. And I’m sure not all of those people were so irresponsible that they didn’t have homeowners insurance. And those that didn’t/couldn’t have it have the Red Cross and other people that care. I don’t see why my not caring was so big a deal. And yes, it also sucks A LOT that people died in this whole thing too, but… Death is a part of life. Again, they knew where they lived and due to the fact that tornadoes of any size have prefacing electrical storms and other signifying occurrences, I simply don’t feel that bad.
Sorry I’m not sorry about that.