Recognizing that you’re wrong about something is easy. Coming to terms with knowing you should apologize is almost as easy. Actually finding the right words and the right approach is the hard part.
Earlier this week I saw a picture of a new shooter on a mostly male dominated forum and pointed out that there was a negligent finger in the trigger guard happening in the pic. It was glossed over as being a “first time shooter with someone making sure she was being as safe as possible”, with her first time firing including a full auto mag dump.
It just really floored me that if there was really a safety coach there, she’d be lacking any eye protection, ear protection, and also have her finger curled around the trigger while shutting her eyes and muzzle sweeping who knows what. So I called it.
I also said if I posted that exact same pic at a shooter site that was mainly female dominated, the safety infractions would be instantly picked apart before anything else was mentioned.
To prove the point, I did exactly that. I posted it in a forum for women that shoot.
When I’m wrong, I’m wrong.
I went back to the place where I saw the pic and said so.
That took some doing, flat text being what it is and all.
The fact is, although I said I’m probably “overly obsessed with minor details of safety, and thus probably not very much fun to shoot with” what I really mean is “anal”.
But at any rate, “wrong is wrong” and I owned it.
Now to the business of softening the ego bruise for myself:
Hotties singing
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I own up to things all the time. Being able to apologize and/or admit you are wrong is a sign of a mature person. Accepting aplogies and forgiving others for honest mistakes is also a sign of maturity. Adult is the word here.
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