An Open Letter

I got invited to another event today and even though it was again out of my comfort zone I went, and I even invited people to join me. I’m really glad I did, I again made more friends and I had a great time. Wanted us to people there however was someone that virtually no one liked, and they kept saying he was a dick and giving examples. I got the greenlight to rage bait him, and unfortunately for him he is very gullible and every single bait was hook line sinker. He didn’t take offense to it but I also don’t think he knew he was getting rage baited, and everyone else was losing it. But some of the things I did I think were kind of dickish, and I kind of want to think ethically about rage baiting. I always like to give people the benefit of the doubt and form my own opinions on them, but immediately I was rage baiting him, and I don’t think he is a bad person. I think he’s just socially deaf and doesn’t understand that some of the things that he says aren’t nice or are unwanted. I don’t think that necessarily means that someone deserves to get bullied, and I think that there is a way to rage bait where they aren’t getting excluded or bullied, and I think if I want to feel OK with my actions I would need to focus on that. That looks like including him, and not doing things that are hurtful, but rather benign. I’d like to think more about that because I don’t want to be hurtful to anyone.