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I am really tired of seeing these stupid, bitter statements on my online feeds.

Passive-aggressive, when taken apart describes a trait common among people who take the cowardly route of employing mind fucks and ambiguous declarations because they don’t know how to contain their precious, precious feelings.

Aggressive because they feel extreme emotions of fury or insecurity. Passive because they can’t be bothered to swallow maturity pills and instead try to indirectly piss people off, as opposed to directly dealing with their juvenile feelings. To these people, they feel like an external force has hurt them and all they have in mind is to hurt back to get even.

The internet has allowed us to hide behind veils and anonymity. Anonymity and ambiguity make is so easy for people not be be responsible and accountable for the things they say. The internet spawned the “troll,” after all.

While not every passive-aggressive person isn’t a troll, all trolls do fit into the passive-aggressive mold. I think Google or your basic psych text book can do a better job of explaining the other details of passive-aggression.

What I’m going to do now is systematically demolish every single puny justification for online passive-aggressive behavior:

1. “It’s My Page and I Can Post Whatever I Want”

That is true if your page isn’t actually for public viewing. Go right ahead if your journal is private and it’s only your friends who can see them. Otherwise, I hate to break it to you, your page is public domain.

The internet has an obligation to be polite and civil in interacting with you, but you also have the responsibility of handling the repercussions that come with posting your content. If you are on sites that have numerous, numerous people following you and your content’s public, then don’t underestimate how far your stuff will reach. Just because people don’t comment doesn’t mean that they aren’t aware of what you write or post. These are logical facts, and if you throw a fit because people you think have no business with what you publish react negatively, don’t play stupid because that sort of thing comes with the territory. Deal with it. If you’re really concerned about your privacy, lock your damn entries.

With passive-aggressive people though, a part of them does want to get their word out. They do want people to see their gripes and their hate. It’s just that when shit hits the fan, they’ll start clamoring for this excuse and then back down, or whine through another vague post. All talk, no walk. You know how in real life, there are these people who will taunt you and when you actually get in their face for a confrontation, they’ll scurry away protesting and cowering? They’ll keep egging for a fight, but won’t actually fight. This is their online equivalent.

2. “What Makes You Think I Was Talking About You?”

Then why don’t you have the balls to specify, you spineless cretin? Common in all-girls schools, this was a bullying method regularly utilized by the alpha females there. The bully would walk by her object of torment then would cough really loudly while simultaneously muttering a derogatory remark. Often times victims would let it slide because it would be futile to fight back, but occasionally if one went up to the bully’s face about it, then she’ll just get a, “What makes you think I was talking about you?”

How very convenient right? Also pathetic and dishonorable. The passive-aggressive person will vaguely insult some unknown entity and she can easily hide under that excuse. I’ll tell you why though, they do it because they aim to inflict pain while making sure that they cannot be harmed. They get away with whatever drama they stir up but refuse to deal with any chance of retaliation. In other words, it’s a cheap shot, a sucker punch. Thinking they’re so sly, they hope they can turn the tables by just summoning that dumb excuse.

3. “No one understands me,” or statements that basically say, “I am bragging about how I do not brag.”

Oh, yeah? Wake up and realize that you’re basically showing off your own self-righteousness and your acceptance of your own personal mediocrity. Bragging comes in all shapes and sizes and it’s more annoying to hear people bleating about how mediocre they are. That’s not humility, that’s another pathetic cry for attention. If it’s not that, then they’re communicating something we suspect about passive-aggressive people all along: that nothing is ever their fault and they can’t be bothered to take proactive moves with their lives.

Everyone does passive-aggressive moves every now and then (LIKE THIS POST FOR INSTANCE ;] ), but there are just some people who elevate it into their way of life.

These people have no self-esteem. These people are just so broken down that they will create drama (as this is what their passive-aggression is all about), because any sort of attention or reaction will be better than being left alone with themselves. Never mind if it’s a negative reaction, it’s still a stimulus to them. These people do not know real humility and they inhabit a fantasy world that revolves solely around themselves and making a big deal of every single thing that happens to them.

These people are toxic. They are senselessly vengeful and have been out of touch with the real world for as long as we can remember. I say “we” because these people are too dramatic, selfish, and impulsive to bother examining their consciences.

Nothing is ever their fault. If they are brats, they’ll say it was because of their upbringing. If they are vindictive witches, they’ll say it was because a boy screwed them over. While it may be true, these people use them to justify every negative and fucked up behavior they do.

Nobody has control over what happens to them, but we all have the choice of how to react to it. These people do not know responsibility, and they sure as hell don’t know a thing about integrity. They are so primitive that they are the sort that would let vengeance take over their lives.

The passive-aggressive dwells in unrealities, and the internet has become their playground. And now more than ever, Facebook, Livejournal, Tumblr, Twitter lets them pollute the world with their garbage faster and better than before… one status, one entry at a time.