why do people on hear ask for your thoughts on something then get mad

Hi psychotaz, I would say because they are acting as they would do in real life, the sort of person who I would go out of my way to avoid, confrontational and beligerant. There is no need for name calling or any such nonsense in real life or online, you must ignore it. If it is very bad press the report button and report it and the defamotory remarks will be removed. I had it happen to me here yesterday but on pm and now this person has fortuantely been banned. So my advice would be ignore and report. Why try to reason with a person lacking basic manners.

Some people can't stand it when an outsider points out the mistakes of their family members, even though they might be complaining about the same person all the time. This is what happened to you and I protect myself from such a backlash by avoiding the use of harsh words. I don't even give the person advice if I don't know him/her well enough.i just avoid such discussions because people are not ready to listen to you with an unbiased mind.

I think often the people who react badly to hearing what someone else thinks even when they are the one that asked for the opinion are the people who are looking for reassurance that they are doing the right thing...and when they dont hear what they were hoping to hear it upsets them. Its one of the darned if you do darned if you dont kind of situations. Those same people tend to be the ones that get mad if you refuse to share your opinion when they ask.

My friend, Some people just want to hear what they think. They don´t want to exchange ideas or opinions. That´s why I try not to get into discussions about politics or religion. Although I read some posts about those subjects. Last year, theres was a wise mylotter who explained about religion in India. It was very interesting.