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LAS14

(13,783 posts) Wed Mar 21, 2018, 11:16 AM Mar 2018

Hoping to start another hot thread!!

Not really. I lie. I just have two suggestions. In the hopes that we can preserve grounds for the belief that the left is, in general, more rational than the right, how about if we....

1 - Don't attribute bad motivation to people who post ideas with which we disagree.

2 - Take care to respond to what people actually say, rather than to distortions of their positions.

This doesn't mean take away the passion. We can passionately believe that someone else's position is wrong without accusing them of supporting Trump, or... or....

What do you all think?

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Hoping to start another hot thread!! (Original Post) LAS14 Mar 2018 OP

I don't attribute bad motivation to people who disagree with me. Aristus Mar 2018 #1

Makes sense, also read carefully as we all write slightly differently dameatball Mar 2018 #2

Aristus

(66,468 posts)

1. I don't attribute bad motivation to people who disagree with me.

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Wed Mar 21, 2018, 11:18 AM

Mar 2018

Or us.

I attribute it to stupidity.

dameatball

(7,400 posts)

2. Makes sense, also read carefully as we all write slightly differently

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Wed Mar 21, 2018, 11:20 AM

Mar 2018

The written word can be easily misunderstood sometimes. I have written things (not just on this website) and been surprised when someone misunderstood me. Upon re-reading, I usually realize that had a phrase been turned a little differently it would have been easier for the reader to interpret.

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