You can’t argue with haters, because they’re not arguing with you When your work attracts irrational hate from strangers, it’s tempting to defend yourself

You can’t argue with haters, because they’re not arguing with you When your work attracts irrational hate from strangers, it’s tempting to defend yourself. This is pointless, because the hate isn’t even about you- you’re just being used as a stand-in for something or someone else. For instance, as a fitness writer I sometimes get hate mail from people who are mad that I say it’s entirely possible to lose weight. What’s really going on there, is that they are trying to convince themselves that they can’t lose weight no matter what they do, so they can give themselves permission to give up. I’m just a stand-in for the voice in the back of their head telling them they’re wrong, and I can’t win that argument because I’m not really a part of it. https://medium.com/the-mission/40-things-about-life-i-wish-i-could-travel-back-in-time-and-tell-myself-e52f2effa3ab