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Actually yes... because some people ARE their political views. To disagree with them is essentially to hate them. There is little room for compromise with people like this.
I don't hate you, I hate your thinking when your political views are full of hate and/or ignorance and because such thinking is unproductive, not because your views are different from mine. I will do whatever I can to expose the errors you are using so that solutions can be found. I will do whatever I can to find a logical middle ground provided you are open to that idea. If not, I will ignore you until you wise up and get with the program. "You" is unfortunately a very large group consisting of millions of stubborn and arrogant Christians, blindly partisan hacks, those who refuse to seek out the truth, and millions more who see other people as enemies instead of opportunities.
I don't hate you, I hate your thinking when your political views are full of hate and/or ignorance and because such thinking is unproductive, not because your views are different from mine. I will do whatever I can to expose the errors you are using so that solutions can be found. I will do whatever I can to find a logical middle ground provided you are open to that idea. If not, I will ignore you until you wise up and get with the program. "You" is unfortunately a very large group consisting of millions of stubborn and arrogant Christians, blindly partisan hacks, those who refuse to seek out the truth, and millions more who see other people as enemies instead of opportunities.
Millions of stubborn and arrogant Christians? Wow. That's kind of a sweeping generalization isn't it? Especially since many of us are NOT stubborn or arrogant and there are zealots in virtually all faiths. Have you ever considered that perhaps your view might be one that needs recalibration?
As long as everyone is reasonably respectful, I've always found that I can learn more from others who disagree with my opinions that I could ever hope to learn from a room full of people with my same opinion.
Yes, opinions can get heated due to how strongly we hold the opinion, but even if a heated discussion happens, it can be respectful if you're debating resonable people.
I've always found the following to be pretty true. Those who know the least proclaim it the loundest and believe it the strongest.
Open minded people are a commodity is seemingly very short supply these days. Open minded people are the most willing to learn from life's experiences and talking to others about their opinions and experiences in life. Closed mined people refuse to "grow" from life's experdiences and just sit back and spew their firmly heald and never changing beliefs very loudly.....yes we can hear you, but maybe you should realize that you always learn more by using your own two ears....than you'll ever learn by flapping your lips/gums loudly.
I'd add... making a habit of learning a little something from everyone you meet (even those you disagree or do not care to emulate) is making the best out of a free resource gifted to you by others. Presuming anyone (including ourselves) has all the answers is a voluntary disability.
Well how about you give us a couple examples of this, or are you just shooting your mouth off making mindless and groundless charges against people who are, dare I say, far most successfull than you have any hopes to be.
I don't hate "you" because your views are different than mine, per se, I DESPISE you becase your views threaten the very survival of my country, the greatest country in the Universe. Because you espouse and support institutions diametrically opposed to freedom, liberty and propsperity, and usually do it because you are either a lazy parasite who wants to be carried through life on somebody else's back, or you are a power crazed POS who uses that possiblity as a lure to amass absolute or near absolute political power.
That is why I hate you to your very core. That is why I fight you at every opportunity, including this forum, and fear one day I might have to fight you in an entirely different manner under the new General George Washington, whoever that may be.
You represent the forces of evil, and to me, hating and fighting evil is NEVER a bad thing, and if America falls as the bastion of good and freedom in the world, freedom and liberty will not soon rekindle.
I hope I have made myself perfectly clear and leave no unanswered questions.
To borrow a phrase from the Great State of Texas "Don't Tread on Me"!
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