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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 02:51 PM Original message |
Question - how to achieve "understanding" with "absolutists"? Re abortion issue and others. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. You reframe the issue. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Exactly, and reframing could consist |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I've made some leaway pointing out |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Fallacious reasoning to you is a good Bible verse to them. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Basically, by not ostracizing them. With all the concomitant connotations thereof... |
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Stellabella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think you're right. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. An inability to compromise or see nuance is sometimes lacking on both sides |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Some things ARE non-negotiable ... |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Just to show how complex - agree on torture. don't agree on your abortion view. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. Anyone who thinks they can successfully "compromise" with extremists |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Bingo - now THAT'S a response I can believe in. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. The biggest mistake the Democrats made over the past 30 years was to enable |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. It's worth noting |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. Ideological Purists can't be reached, but rational reasonable ones can. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. Rabid single-issue people are a tiny minority. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. I don't think there's any way to reason with zealots |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. I think it comes from trying to understand someone else's position and the value judgements |
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