Yesterday, I had a most heartwarming exchange with one of the most encouraging, witty ladies I have ever known. She is so eloquent, so engaging, so empathetic with her friends, her family, even her animals. And, she spends many of her waking hours expressing her disgust for a political figure who I admire and have great respect for. We joust back and forth about this from time to time. But, that usually gets crowded out by our love for one another (there is significant difference in our ages, so dont even start. Though, if I were ten years older...). * __________________ *This is the roughest of estimates, and is based on level of wisdom, and not the lovely countenance and girlish figure. Anyway, as the day went on I saw, by contrast a trendy sentiment and I started thinking: (Liberals/conservatives/etc.) will go crazy when they see this. Probably not, and they (who post these things) probably already know this. So this is supposed to be a victory now? Scoring with an occasional rhetorical IED that wont challenge beliefs, wont engage in discussion, wont even state a reasoned rebuttal. The sole hope is that someone who believes differently may stumble on this and go into paroxysmal rage at being profoundly offended and completely foreclosed from retaliating against the snickering imp who produced or passed on the snarky comment, racist allusion, or poorly reasoned anecdote? The principle being defended by such tactics is probably squarely against, not the target of the tactic, but the one employing it. Judeo-Christian ethics dont support this type klan tactic. The deists and atheists who wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution used relatively respectful language even when referring to the tyrant they were throwing off and even their complaints were in the service of accuracy and truth, not primarily insult. To the wonderful and brilliant people who do use politico bombs (you are there, I know), have you considered that you really are not advancing your principled cause. You arent even forming friendships. Youre just firming up alliances with those who have enemies in common. And who are not the best of company.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:06:15 +0000
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