Your comment presupposes that Jon Margolis's continuing baseless effort to brand me as a Putin supporter (and therefore unworthy of respect) is not, in your opinion, an example of McCarthyism. Perhaps I should have said neo-McCarthyism? And who, in your mind, is "they"?
Putting the shoe on the other foot, how much were you paid to post what you did? Can you see that others might think that it is actually YOU who have debased yourself?
Only female commenters get slapped here. That's unfortunate. TC is right, you tedious, annoying troll. Go find a new hobby and stop trying to provoke people with your asinine commentary.
I tried to find all of the ones doing it. If I missed it, I apologize. Pointing out the concepts, ideas, and preconceived notions of a post with which one disagrees is communication . Devolving posts into personal attacks doesn't improve communications or relations between people, this is also known as "when push comes to shove". A personal attack only increases the problems between people. Diplomacy 101 and De-escalation 101. I've been guilty of personal attacks. We all are, but someone who's not so frustrated needs to point it out and hopefully get the conversation back to an exchange of positions.
I tried to read the link, but it failed. Did you perhaps have a copy and past error? Please try again. Note in my last reply on this topic, I noted my own guilt for using this behavior and its cause, frustration. Please understand, I mean no disrespect. Just trying to de-escalate and hopefully gain ground for the things you say. We cannot reach common ground unless we do grant humanity to our opponents.
I agree. Those who refuse to argue facts or refuse to accept what we consider factual are frustrating and toxic. I had to walk away from my own brother because he is so stalwart in his defense of his position and I can neither change his mind nor accept his position. I can only hope that our differences will be resolved at the voting box and not on a street somewhere in America with spilled blood on the ground.
Cracks in the foundation of the Union became visible toward the end of June, 2022: Texas Republicans called for a referendum on secession, immediately before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
"What we have here is a failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach..."
I see you are trying to apply clever lipstick to your pig of McCarthyist bigotry.
McCarthyism? In this group? How much are they paying you to debase yourself like this?
No oxygen for the troll, Camilla, no oxygen. Ignore it; every response just encourages it. No oxygen.
Camilla B.,
Your comment presupposes that Jon Margolis's continuing baseless effort to brand me as a Putin supporter (and therefore unworthy of respect) is not, in your opinion, an example of McCarthyism. Perhaps I should have said neo-McCarthyism? And who, in your mind, is "they"?
Putting the shoe on the other foot, how much were you paid to post what you did? Can you see that others might think that it is actually YOU who have debased yourself?
Actually, no.
Man,
John, you gotta stop smoking weed while shooting up LSD and THEN posting comments.
It just ain't workin' out.
Perhaps you're the expert on "shooting up LSD." If you just insult and don't engage with the content of someone's post, that is just trolling.
Let's stop this personal attack. Let's just argue ideas and policies please.
Paula Dufour,
TCinLA wrote, "Go fuck yourself with your Putin bullshit, you dumbest motherfucking moron to ever come bothering people here."
You did not ask him to stop his personal attack. Why not?
Only female commenters get slapped here. That's unfortunate. TC is right, you tedious, annoying troll. Go find a new hobby and stop trying to provoke people with your asinine commentary.
I tried to find all of the ones doing it. If I missed it, I apologize. Pointing out the concepts, ideas, and preconceived notions of a post with which one disagrees is communication . Devolving posts into personal attacks doesn't improve communications or relations between people, this is also known as "when push comes to shove". A personal attack only increases the problems between people. Diplomacy 101 and De-escalation 101. I've been guilty of personal attacks. We all are, but someone who's not so frustrated needs to point it out and hopefully get the conversation back to an exchange of positions.
Paula Dufour, I responded to somebody else's personal attack, on the principle of standing up to a bully.
In general, I respect your imperative to keep things civil.
Regarding the hateful vitriol that I quoted earlier, please check this post:
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-24-2023/comment/21289006
I tried to read the link, but it failed. Did you perhaps have a copy and past error? Please try again. Note in my last reply on this topic, I noted my own guilt for using this behavior and its cause, frustration. Please understand, I mean no disrespect. Just trying to de-escalate and hopefully gain ground for the things you say. We cannot reach common ground unless we do grant humanity to our opponents.
I don't think it is wise to click on a troll-link. Ever.
I'm not confident they are a troll.
I think I fixed that link.
I share your thought that we cannot reach common ground unless we do grant humanity to our opponents.
However, there are those among us who don't want to try, and who are unwilling to agree to disagree.
I agree. Those who refuse to argue facts or refuse to accept what we consider factual are frustrating and toxic. I had to walk away from my own brother because he is so stalwart in his defense of his position and I can neither change his mind nor accept his position. I can only hope that our differences will be resolved at the voting box and not on a street somewhere in America with spilled blood on the ground.
Cracks in the foundation of the Union became visible toward the end of June, 2022: Texas Republicans called for a referendum on secession, immediately before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
"What we have here is a failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngo_6TPgldg