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Originally Posted by graciegirl
There is a difference to me if someone posts an opinion about The Villages, whether they have lived here for say five plus years, or just arrived, or do not live here at all.
There is a difference to me if someone posts an opinion about The Villages who owns property here rather than rents here on occasion.
How do you feel ? Have I just committed a politically incorrect faux pas?
My opinion is not on the worth and integrity of the poster but whether they really "know" about The Villages in the way people do after having lived here year 'round for several years.
I have visited New York many times, but I don't pretend to know it (or love it) the way people do who have called it home for a very long time.
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No Gracie, you have not committed a faux pas, you are merely providing your perspective on how you view the posts.
Years ago (sigh, make that
many years ago....) I had a test in a high school English class, and my teacher posted a question along the lines of, "In your opinion, what is the turning point for the main character is this book"? I provided my opinion, but was marked as having a wrong answer. I asked if I could review it with her at her desk (rather than calling her out in front of the class). I asked her why my answer was wrong, and she told me what she felt was the turning point. I looked at her and said that was her opinion, mine was different, so how could my
opinion be wrong? She might not have agreed with me, but that didn't mean I should get a lower grade on the test since she asked for my opinion in her question. She mulled it over for less than 10 seconds and corrected my grade. She never asked for an opinion on a test question the rest of the semester......<g>
I look at the content of the posts and form my opinion/response accordingly. There are posters who may or may not agree with my comments, but I never let it bother me. Where I can learn something, I appreciate it and where I feel that the message is merely diatribe, I ignore it because any time I spent to read such dreck has been permanently lost to me, and I choose to not lose anymore time on those posts.
