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Politics : The Bigot Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: redfish who wrote (23)4/17/2004 6:13:28 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 740
 
No- you have never insulted me, and I did not insult you. I am critical only of your post (you say I am critical of "you" and I tried very hard to make sure I pointed out to you I AGREE with you poltically, I like what you have to say, I only question the way you say it- and because we are on the same "side" -ugh, I hate that terminology- I thought-silly me- that we could kick it around), and I disagree with your opinion about name calling. That is all. I actually chose to discuss it with you, because I think we are in fundamental agreement politically- so I have no, zero, zip, axe to grind with you- I take issue only with your mode of communication- and I do not confuse you, with your post. You are not your post- your post is merely a collection of words, put here on SI. I chose to discuss that. I did mention the fact that we who are less affected by name calling, can sometimes not understand the perception of those who are more sensitive- and I believe that, and by saying that I did make an inference about one thing about you, personally (that you are fairly robust in the face of name calling).

But, aside from that, what I said was not meant as an attack. It was meant as a disagreement with the style of the one post I referenced. I think that is the wrong way to post about political figures you do not like. I still think that. I do not attack you for it, this is not personal, I simply disagree with the mode- can I make this any clearer? Because what is happening here is exactly what I do not like about SI- I have said something you disagree with, and you feel attacked, and are not attacking me, for attacking you.

I did not mean to attack you. I am not upset that you feel the need to attack me, and would be happy to carry on a discussion of this, if you want to.

I have no personal feeling one way or the other for you (except a general favorable impression of your poltical opinions, even if I do not agree with how you present them.)

Consider this an experiment- I would like to see if we can disagree about something that I guess is emotional, and not attack each other. If what I post seems like an attack to you, tell me, and I will put it in other words. It is NOT meant to attack "you"- the person. It is only meant to be a discussion of ideas and words expressing ideas. I would be thrilled if it works out.