A primer for Destructive Criticism (Now with less bitch)

I probably should have done this when I started this blog.

Everybody else, go ahead and skip this paragraph. For parents and instructors out there simply looking for a website defining destructive criticism to use in a lesson for your children (which I’ve gotten a few of already), hi there. No, this blog isn’t talking about real life destructive criticism, and you most likely won’t find me talking about it. And in all honesty, it isn’t that hard to figure out. In a nutshell, it’s defined as being mean-spirited, and just insulting something about somebody else not to help them fix something, but simply for the purpose of upsetting them and getting a rise out of them. Examples aren’t too hard to figure out. “Sarah, your drawing is stupid!” “Robby, your shirt stinks!” Stuff like that. The title is ironic, as I post rants here that, for the emotionally volatile most likely on the other end of the criticism, can be misinterpreted as destructive criticism, when in actuality each post is more of a commentary on a specific issue that, summed up, says this to a select group: “See this? Stop doing this.” If you have no interest in the subject matter, then I’m sorry to have wasted your time.

Now, let’s get to Destructive Criticism. Summed up, it is a few different things. The main purpose it serves is a blog about things that piss me off, that either have almost no valid arguments against or need something done about. I would like to think that it would make a difference with at least one person, so please try to take something out of my little rants. Another purpose it serves is a depository for reviews of various things, as I do like to review on occasion.

Anyways, enjoy it, learn from it, click away from it and pretend it doesn’t exist, or explode at the mere notion of a valid rebuttal to your shit and tell anyone who will listen what a horrible person I am for thinking differently than you. Any of those works.