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7/29/2018 9:06 am |
You can ask anyone who knows me but I've always had such empathy and sympathy for anyone with problems as I have many myself. But since Trump was elected I find myself basically hating someone for the first time in my life, and I find myself hurling swear words at him when he's on t.v. It is so obvious to me that Trump is a lying and dangerous con man and I can't help but think that his supporters must be really gullible and not too smart if they can't see Trump for who he is, a person who could not care less about anyone but himself. Until his supporters see this too, I'll try to be more forgiving and understanding of them but I honestly don't see this happening.
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7/29/2018 9:27 am |
Saying that all Trump voters are racist is just an anti-Trump propaganda ploy, and I'm afraid that there are folks who believe it. I don't think you do. Mrjoe and I are both Trump voters, and you know us well enough to know that we aren't. People need to get back to days gone by when they could visit with each other, talk to (not about) each other about lots of topics, enjoy each other's company and share a cup of coffee or meal............. or just a computer conversation if face to face isn't possible. When people helped people because it was the right thing to do, not because the government took it from us and gave it to whomever it chose.
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7/29/2018 9:35 am |
Great article. I totally understand why some folks supported Trump as a working class person in West Virginia. I've seen young people working two crappy jobs to support their families, still can't make ends meet and get slapped around by bureaucracy . There was no faith that government as usual was not working for them. I have actually been in the Senate and Congressional buildings talking to our elected officials or the staff that present them. It is important to be able to listen and understand both sides of an issue in order to find resolutions. I have been called a libtard and snowflake more than once and the minute someone starts name calling, I walk away. It makes them appear ignorant. Why would I want to act like them and start name-calling someone has different views. It is better to stick to the issues.
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7/29/2018 9:43 am |
Hi Star! I would never call you a libtard or snowflake..... and you and I are examples of people on totally different sides of some issues, who can get beyond that and still communicate with respect and even affection. As for names, I might say you are a flake, but you are my favorite flake!  Or we might listen to the other side of an issue with empathy and understanding and make a new friend.
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7/30/2018 8:38 am |
Bike, in spite of your frequent satirical and snide comments, I have always thought you were a serious thinking fella. This response just solidifies my opinion of you. Now that I've said that...... "I would never claim all of them are racist. But all of them seem to able to ignore and excuse serious defects in his personal life and business track record. And I have serious doubts about their ability to think critically." I would have said the same thing about Obama voters. He got a vote in this house in his first election, but not his second one, because of his policies, actions, and words. We will have to wait and see about Trump's second election. I think most of his voters realized there would be rocky times, but expect it to eventually turn out ok. Anytime you take actions to fix problems, there are rough times. As I said, we will see what it looks like in a couple of years. Rocky times come in different flavours. There are those that you did not cause and have little control over. E.g. the rise of China. Another flavour is the one you caused yourself, and should have known it would cause grief. In this category I would put most US invasions of small countries - Iraq and Afghanistan most recently. Mango's rocky times are mostly his own doing. I suspect he had advisors who gave him good advice that he ignored. Among these are the tariffs that are hurting American farmers and manufacturers, and his lovefest with his pal Vlad when he threw the US intelligence community under the bus.
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7/30/2018 12:44 pm |
Hello Panther..........This has been a great discussion and I appreciate everyone's participation. I like you and respect you we used to chat when you came to the chat room. My intent with this blog is to get folk to stop labeling others and try to listen to a viewpoint that is different than theirs. I am very happy that folk feel that they can express their opinions on my blogs.........But.....you have responded to responses that Mrsjoe made to other people(not to you) in a way that was almost bullying. Please stop. Why not try to have a friendly conversation with Mrsjoe if you are sincere you might find she might be able to clear up what ever it is that bothers you about her. You are an intelligent woman why not try to use that approach rather than the one you used here. Who knows you might end up making a new friend. All of this was said with love Panth. I hope you take it that way.
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My philosophy is that nobody gets away with anything.. Those I would hate.. I do not really. It's more about feeling sorry and grateful.. than hating... I figure their pain, their need for revenge, their willingness to hurt others, their justifications... are momentary blindness that will soon come into light. Combine that with... The inability to love, The desire not to help anyone, not being able to learn, the ultimate judgement of the judgmental.... how can you fault someone who does these thing....I am not their enemy... they're their own worst enemy.. If God forgives them........ "for they know not what they do"...Then who am I.... NOT TO? Besides these path are not barred from me.. I could be on them too... Some of us may have already been there, some may be lucky to never to have been... But I can feel grateful I'm not on it, and feel sorry for those that have to go through it.
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Bright - I can understand your plea for people to 'get on better' and I can also well understand your plea for empathy, as a teacher for 41 years it was a fundamental skill to be able to know 'where the kids were coming from' and to proceed from there after all. I would simply like to put to you an analogy. Would you empathise with pupils who believe that heavy objects fall faster in a gravity field,even in a vacuum, than lighter objects? Of course you would, they know no better and they have been bombarded with evidence that this is so. They are even half right as the effect of drag (air resistance) would suggest this is so. Would you continue to empathise with these pupils after it has been demonstrated beyond question that this is completely untrue and that objects accelerate equally quickly but they still refuse to accept your evidence as it does not fit their preconceived prejudices? You might feel sorry for them as they refuse to accept reality but you would be frustrated at their wilful ignorance and this would be exacerbated if they revelled in this ignorance and kept taunting you with it.
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8/2/2018 6:30 am |
My philosophy is that nobody gets away with anything.. Those I would hate.. I do not really. It's more about feeling sorry and grateful.. than hating... I figure their pain, their need for revenge, their willingness to hurt others, their justifications... are momentary blindness that will soon come into light. Combine that with... The inability to love, The desire not to help anyone, not being able to learn, the ultimate judgement of the judgmental.... how can you fault someone who does these thing....I am not their enemy... they're their own worst enemy.. If God forgives them........ "for they know not what they do"...Then who am I.... NOT TO? Besides these path are not barred from me.. I could be on them too... Some of us may have already been there, some may be lucky to never to have been... But I can feel grateful I'm not on it, and feel sorry for those that have to go through it.
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8/2/2018 6:47 am |
Bright - I can understand your plea for people to 'get on better' and I can also well understand your plea for empathy, as a teacher for 41 years it was a fundamental skill to be able to know 'where the kids were coming from' and to proceed from there after all. I would simply like to put to you an analogy. Would you empathise with pupils who believe that heavy objects fall faster in a gravity field,even in a vacuum, than lighter objects? Of course you would, they know no better and they have been bombarded with evidence that this is so. They are even half right as the effect of drag (air resistance) would suggest this is so. Would you continue to empathise with these pupils after it has been demonstrated beyond question that this is completely untrue and that objects accelerate equally quickly but they still refuse to accept your evidence as it does not fit their preconceived prejudices? You might feel sorry for them as they refuse to accept reality but you would be frustrated at their wilful ignorance and this would be exacerbated if they revelled in this ignorance and kept taunting you with it. My response to your analogy is...If I were teaching students and had some that I had gone over material and thoroughly explained it to them and knew that they understood but preferred their own version or truth. I would then go into my "being as one with what is" mode. There is none so blind as those who refuse to see. I also think I would try to see it from their point of view and perhaps find out why they want to stick to their truth.
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8/3/2018 5:09 pm |
You ar3 truly a women wo deeply feels the passion of life
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8/4/2018 5:19 am |
You ar3 truly a women wo deeply feels the passion of life
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