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Originally Posted by Boomer
Geez. What have we here, this morning?
All I did was tell a little story from the 1970s. And now those cops (who are still carrying, and living in a retirement community in the South) are being called dirt-bags. Even had chapter and verse Fed law looked up to quote at me….wow
It was the 1970s. It was a little story. But, hey, it looks like it even turned out to have a point……
Ya know — like now — in this weird world of 2023 — hosting a big party could mean assuming that anybody and everybody could be armed…..
But, we all know that nobody ever drinks too much.
And nobody ever over-reacts on the subject of guns.
I don’t care if responsible people carry……
What I do care about is the potential for angry guys to take something totally out of context and react in a hair-trigger way.
I was not going to engage in this one. But I just had to defend my little story. (sigh) This is a microcosm of what is happening to us……The art of conversation can no longer be taken for granted. We now often have to approach even in-person discussions like walking on eggs — or like a minefield. Too many people are too easy to set off.
Boomer
I really need to stop looking at these threads.
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Pointing out the innaccuracies in someone's post (and using chapter and verse to do so) does not equate to "set off" or overreacting. I agree with your comment that "The art of conversation can no longer be taken for granted. " If someone is shown the error in their point, they often act like a victim of a violent crime.