Flist, a little help?

[dieewigenacht]

See, sometimes I screw up. It's always by accident, obviously, but most of the time I can tell exactly why I screwed up, others not so much.
The thing is, I recently commented about an article in ontd_feminism about Text messages as a new weapon in dating violence with pretty much a "That's why I don't date, 'cause there are crazy people there"

Here, the comment

Now, I didn't say that with the intention to offend anyone, by "crazy people" I meant people that act crazy when dating, but judging by the comments I think I screwed up.
I've apologized already, but I feel kinda silly apologizing for something I don't understand that much. Sure, maybe what I said was wrong, but I just don't see why

That said, if three people I don't know are saying I screwed up they probably have a point, so I want to know, in words of people I actually know and trust, what I did wrong and how can I avoid doing it again.

Thanks.

Comments

[arileo.livejournal.com]

Personally I can't really find anything wrong with what you said either, but then I'm not exactly very good with social ettiquette or being able to properly interpert people and what they are saying. And it's even harder online, when you can't hear people's tone of voice or see their facial expressions.
I tend to get lectured alot about saying things that are innapropriate or for having an "attitude" when I didn't mean to.
My usual tactic is to try to run things through in my head a couple times before I speak/hit send, and try to see if something could be taken wrong. If someone still gets offended, I apologize, and leave it at that.
If people still give me grief AFTER the apology, then I tell them to piss off. (Because I may lack social skills, but even I know that harrassing someone over an innocent mistake is just plain petty)