Post by Paolo PizziPost by William GrahamPaolo, like many liberals, is fond of putting everyone in a bag....If
you are conservative, then he puts you in the white racist, religious,
born-again christian bag......He can't conceive of a conservative who
is an atheist, or who is a social libertarian, or who has any
compassion for anyone.
What's really hilarious about your posting is that what follows proves
exactly the OPPOSITE of your point.
Post by William GrahamIf you don't want the government to take all of your money
and give it to the poor
You hate poor people.
Oh Paolo...
Things just aren't so clear cut as that.
Look, even a dog can see in black and white...but a great many issues of the
world truly tend to come in shades of grey--with certain elements which fall
into areas that are neither all right nor all wrong. People are this way
too. I know of very few truly evil people. I know of very few truly good
people. But make no mistake--There IS evil, and there IS good.
There is a truth to be had...it's just that it should not be cheaply
thrashed about and declared with such wrecklessness as is your tendency.
The way you cast people into one extreme definition or another is your own
personal brand of dehumanization. You are committing the very wrong you
claim a "racist" commits--that of "branding" someone based on one single
criterion. This type of wild, blind generalization serves no cause...It
undermines your ability to persuade **anyone**, and generally makes you
sound irrational and unconvincing. I'm sure that you are a good guy in a
lot of ways, Paolo. But when it comes to argumentation, you just don't seem
to have a grasp of the way that you cast incredibly blind blankets of
generality over nearly every topic you delve into (note I said
**nearly**...not all).
You would do well to examine this tendency in yourself.
As you do that, understand that I have examined my own life, mind, and
personal bias (we all have these) literally thousands of times, and
continuously to consider the same issues you so fanatically bring up.
Racism is an important issue to me, and it might shock you to discover that
some political conservatives actually feel quite strongly in ways you would
appreciate in this regard.
Your performance here, however, falls into a classic mode that can be
observed a lot these days by those claiming to hate "judgemental religious
right-wingers", etc. I have rarely seen as many rash declarations about the
character of people as you do here in these threads. You know very little
about anyone in this thread, and yet I honestly wonder what it is about you
that makes you feel comfortable with making horrible declarations about us
here. You simply cannot know these things. If you want to persuade, you
really need to save your strongest language for those few situations/people
that are so entirely known to you that you have a thorough basis by which
you can pass judgement with discernment and wisdom. You are simply not in a
position where that is at all possible, and therefore should refrain from
doing it.
I realize that it is unlikely that these words will change your pattern of
behavior/conduct, but I believe that until you hear it and believe it, you
will simply continue on your endless path to nowhere.