I recently went onto marks twitter and I'm kind of feeling uneasy about the guy. I respect him as an actor, love his portayals and I love your fics you got but I'm kind of drifting. Any tips on how to get out of this funk? Sorry if this is weird.
I can only give you the one that works for me: Ignore it.
It sounds like a stupid advice, but since I ignore this shit I worry way less. I know a lot of shit went down on his twitter the last days of the year (I haven’t checked recently because it just makes me sad) and I feel like many of the things I’ve read were completely idiotic. He posted something I’ve been thinking about for months now and those reactions showed me once again why I sometimes just keep my mouth shut.
Twitter is an awful place for discussion because of their terrible character limit and things constantly get taken the wrong way. Mark has the habit of tweeting what he thinks, which I think is fantastic, but it can lead to problems. Some people just want to make shitposts, you know? Yeah, he’s drifting often, but from what I know he’s kinda the guy who has a lot of stuff going on in his head and some of his thoughts might come off a little wrong, since you can’t see the connections. Also once an argument starts and you get called out you just, well, don’t think too much. That’s a human thing we all do. Everyone says stuff in an argument that can come off as hurting and wrong.
I know it sounds dumb, but it happens more often than not with people.
Mark is a person people feel uneasy about because he says things others wouldn’t say, may it be because they are afraid or think they’re offending others. That’s a thing I respect him for, because he has the guts to actually voice his opinions. Of course he steps on others toes while doing it, that’s only normal.
But I think it’s important to know that he doesn’t mean to piss people off. Most of today’s society is just absolutely wrong, disgusting and dumb, Mark is someone who wants to open people’s eyes and that’s not a bad thing.
You know what made me really interested in the person behind this name in the beginning? Those fights on twitter. I got curious and found that he was right, which surprised me too, but it’s true. Also you can still enjoy his roles/movies/series and be indifferent about his personality, I have the same with others and that’s completely fine.
I’d still love to meet him one day and see for myself how he really is, but I know from many people who did that he’s an amazing and great guy and that he’s one of the friendliest and sweetest persons they ever met. He might come off as intimidating and problematic at times, but I don’t believe he is. He’s a great actor, a caring husband and father and I’m pretty sure he’s also a fucking amazing friend and that’s what is important. This man had a damn hard life and he rose from it like a phoenix, that’s something I can only admire. Also most of his views are pretty much on-point and very good, even if they are hard for some to accept.
I’ve read through at least ten of these twitter arguments, always starting with him posting something totally relatable and people take it out of context or feel offended and turn the things he posted against him. Which is worse than anything he ever tweeted tbh.
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