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Originally Posted by RichieLion
If I were you, I would avoid trying to cubbyhole people. Most people who post on this blog are pretty well-rounded with opinions in many areas, and expertise on topics that other posters might have less knowledge of.
Some people cannot seem to hear an opinion that differs from their own, in a rebuttal, without feeling they've been marginalized and disrespected. It would be very tiring to constantly try to qualify a statement so as to attempt not to offend the easily offended.
A serious discussion about any topic that attracts diverse ideas is bound to be a little contentious, at times, by definition. The trick is to get what you can out of the conversation without calling the person who has the differing opinion a "bigot" or a "hate-monger" or any other unfair epithet because of a disagreement on that issue and thereby turning the discussion into a personal conflict.
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I'm sorry Richie, did you think I was somehow referring to you? My quote was of Pturner's post. Sorry you got mixed up. You did notice that in the last paragraph I was talking about a time before the Political Formum was made membership only?
Xavier