Recently, I dove head first into the field of sports opinion sharing simply on the basis that I felt I had an honest opinion, one that could hopefully satisfy others and help me get better at this whole journalism thing I want to do with my life. I feel that I have but I also feel like this field is a terrible field for someone who is trying to be more honest about everything that surrounds me. A lot of people do not like honest opinions, especially when there is an unsolicited element to them as is the case when writing sports opinions. After all, who asks people for columns, they just sort of appear for us to analyze.
I guess that's what I was never expecting. The analysis of the analysis. The retort to the opinion. The 'Who asked you? Who are you to tell me what to think or do?' It is a justifiable response but it is often done in a very vitriolic manner in that the action has drawn an opposite reaction that was twice as strong as the action itself. Clearly, Newton did not think of people when he established his laws on thermodynamics. Had he did, he would have said if you gave people something, their response will always be opposite but not always equal.
Perhaps it's okay that opinion pieces draw responses but what's the point of those responses? There is no constructive conversation taking place in a comment section. There is no thread of thesis, antithesis and synthesis. There isn't that many personal chats that end well when things get opinionated. No matter how one could try to send the message (authoritatively, satirically, colloquially etc.) if the message is something people don't want to hear, there will be backlash.
So the obvious counter is to tell people what they want to hear. However, if what people want to hear means not being honest with one's self then you've just sold out.
Doves broke up recently under amicable circumstances and I miss them. I miss their intentions of sharing something people would be interested in. I miss how they would try any new method to create their music no matter what people thought of them. Most importantly, I miss their honesty.
