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#77 Guest_Whistler's Momma_*
Posted 12 October 2011 - 09:22 AM
Lynn, I don't really care for your analysis because you've shown no ability to think out of your PC box.
Holy crap, lol. This right here, priceless. And you're probably sitting there hiding behind your keyboard going "What? What'd I say??" Here's me rolling my eyes at you Flagg.
Thank you!
Am I stuck in a PC box? I don't think so. I try to think outside the box and see people for what they are, rather than just judging them because I don't care to get to know what it's about or what someone may be going through - other than just myself.
Don't worry about it Lynn. Most of us know that isn't true and that Randall seem unaware of how often he insults people, like he did with you up above.
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Posted 13 October 2011 - 08:37 AM
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#81
Posted 14 October 2011 - 11:25 AM
Yep, I know exactly what you mean. It's very easy to scoff & look down upon others, especially when they're in a position you deem distasteful, when you have no idea what it's like to be in that position. I myself can empathize w/many people & certain things because of things I have gone thru in my life. Takes a big person to be humble & get rid of the sanctimony.Um, no – I didn’t want a response to that – but, I was sort of hoping for a response to my questioning as to why you frequently bring up the subject of homosexuality in your posts. Seriously, I don’t get it……
Your thoughts about me are actually very interesting, and could be very accurate – I don’t know - but I don’t feel that I have to defend myself. The only thing I will say is that I remember being in my 20’s and being so judgmental and idealistic about some things in life. I am now very embarrassed when I think back on some of the things I really thought and said. I was judgmental about certain things that I eventually ended up going through, myself, in life (karma does come back and bite you in the ass!). I ended up having to learn, first hand, what certain things were really about and why people might do what they do. If that’s not being enlightened, I don’t know what is. It can change everything – to a point where I have thought I will never again hold myself in a position of judgment against someone else. (well,ok, yeah, we all do in life, no matter what we might think of ourselves, but hopefully you know what I'm sayin')
I do consider myself to be liberal, but it’s not a “dogma”. I’d like to think that I don't give a rats ass what you think, but I do. And I will continue to express my ideas in whatever manner and based on whatever criteria I deem worthy.
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Your Cohort That Came to Your Defense
#82 Guest_Whistler's Momma_*
Posted 14 October 2011 - 11:53 AM
Yep, I know exactly what you mean. It's very easy to scoff & look down upon others, especially when they're in a position you deem distasteful, when you have no idea what it's like to be in that position. I myself can empathize w/many people & certain things because of things I have gone thru in my life. Takes a big person to be humble & get rid of the sanctimony.Um, no – I didn’t want a response to that – but, I was sort of hoping for a response to my questioning as to why you frequently bring up the subject of homosexuality in your posts. Seriously, I don’t get it……
Your thoughts about me are actually very interesting, and could be very accurate – I don’t know - but I don’t feel that I have to defend myself. The only thing I will say is that I remember being in my 20’s and being so judgmental and idealistic about some things in life. I am now very embarrassed when I think back on some of the things I really thought and said. I was judgmental about certain things that I eventually ended up going through, myself, in life (karma does come back and bite you in the ass!). I ended up having to learn, first hand, what certain things were really about and why people might do what they do. If that’s not being enlightened, I don’t know what is. It can change everything – to a point where I have thought I will never again hold myself in a position of judgment against someone else. (well,ok, yeah, we all do in life, no matter what we might think of ourselves, but hopefully you know what I'm sayin')
I do consider myself to be liberal, but it’s not a “dogma”. I’d like to think that I don't give a rats ass what you think, but I do. And I will continue to express my ideas in whatever manner and based on whatever criteria I deem worthy.
I used to see a lot of that when I was a mentor in the disability community. The people who grew up having no empathy for the disabled, and then become disabled themselves, have the hardest time accepting their disability and go on to find life still worth living. (It takes an year or two for that process to take place for most disabled.) Some would call it karma when the person who had a disdain for the disabled can't accept themselves when they need to, but I just call it sad they have become their own worst enemy. I'm convinced that being judgmental or being empathic are learned traits taught to us in early childhood. People can also learn empathy through life experiences---thank the gods that be---and soften their judgmental ways as they see more of the world. Sad when people don't grow as they age and they spend their whole lives living in a black and white, judgmental world.
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Posted 14 October 2011 - 03:59 PM
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