flyingcement Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 This is a lost art, by the way. As a disagreeable person, I may be biased. This thread is inspired my interaction with a colleague with whom I never agree with on how to approach a situation. But what's awesome is that we maintain a complete level of respect of each other, have never personally attacked each other, and maintain a level of mature discourse. How long can you go without insulting the person you're arguing with? Hopefully a figure that's in years instead of minutes. Virtually all political leaders have failed us in this regard. But we can be better. Please share your own personally story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatWhiteNorth Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 This is a really interesting topic. Quite a few people come to mind. I'll have to stew on it for a while. Except... LJB. Before he was banished for being too honest, he and I had a turbulent forum relationship. We would go back and forth, insults in both directions, until we realized we agreed on a few things. Then more. Turned out he was a pretty good guy. It took time, but we got there. We were exchanging a few PM's about the time he was banned. No doubt, the forum was better when he was in it. Hope thing are good with LJB. Oh... and BIG. Some here know him from the old days. He was as controversial as anybody - probably more. There were some accusations about things he did that I could neither confirm nor deny. But as far as our forum exchanges, he was a character and a half. Never uninteresting exchanging posts with him. (Sadly, he passed away.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePointTakedown Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Unfortunately, few. It comes down to a few issues. What they believe and why. If the why is something they can't or won't explain, then we have a problem. They are either being dishonest to me or themselves. Either way we're not having a real discussion. They are not capable of changing their mind because they can't tell me how they got there in the first place. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ionel Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 That "always" thing seems like a high hurtle cause "sometimes" ... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offthemat Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Is this quiz open to married people? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ionel Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 10 minutes ago, Offthemat said: Is this quiz open to married people? Clearly not ... read the always in the fine print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offthemat Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 18 minutes ago, ionel said: Clearly not ... read the always in the fine print. I didn’t think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mspart Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 I hate everyone, enough to kill them, if they disagree with me. Just kidding. I love all y'all. mspart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jross Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Kudos to the first two responders. Honesty is a pleasant surprise from individuals who insult the people they disagree with rather than just their ideas. I half expected they would call others out without understanding the first shot fired versus firing back. I was wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatWhiteNorth Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 14 hours ago, ThreePointTakedown said: Unfortunately, few. It comes down to a few issues. What they believe and why. If the why is something they can't or won't explain, then we have a problem. They are either being dishonest to me or themselves. Either way we're not having a real discussion. They are not capable of changing their mind because they can't tell me how they got there in the first place. And TPT boils down, in a few short sentences, exactly why almost none of us trust politicians. Which might also be the roadmap for future successful politicians - just sayin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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