I wrote a blog about Health Care the other day. I also saw my article transform during the two days of writing it. With this post I got a lot of comments with people agreeing and disagreeing. Great, but that is not what this post is about.
I made a huge mistake with the Health Care post. I shared personal and private information about a person. I used them as an example without their permission. I didn’t know 100% of the actual information that I wrote about and that got me in some hot water.
Now, I know you are all saying that in blogging you are not going to make everyone happy. That is not what I am addressing. I am trying to point out that as bloggers, writers or just people who wanna vent on their blogs, we have the task in front of us that we need to be respectful to those that are mentioned in our blogs.
Yes, I was voicing my opinions. For anyone that knows me, you all know that I am very opinionated when it comes to things. However, that does not give me a right to post personal and private information about a someone or something that I don’t have the permission or right to post.
I am not going to quit blogging. I love doing it. But, I am going to be watching a bit of what I write so that this does not happen again.
To the person that was referenced in the blog post: I am sorry. I messed up. I had no right to share your personal information. Yes, I should have written a different way and or created a ficticious story or something to prove my point. You are someone that I hold in high regard and always have. I do sincerely apologize for what I wrote.
