Posted by alexandra_k on December 6, 2013, at 0:07:12
In reply to Benzene. » alexandra_k, posted by SLS on December 5, 2013, at 23:51:33
> In what ways do you identify yourself with Lou Pilder? You protect him. Why?
I don't know that I protect him... I don't like it when people express thoughts that suggest that... They would be happier if he went away. I guess, I don't like that.
> For me personally, I feel connected to him in that, like Lou, I am concerned about antisemitism.
Yes. On these boards... I don't think you would find anybody who wouldn't support that.
Perhaps part of this is... That in my country you wouldn't find anybody (really much) who would speak out against (alleged) things 'Maaori'. But... Ur... I might have a tendancy to. After having lived with some segment of them more intimately than the majority of NZers ever will... What I need to remember is that it is indeed 'some segment of them'. But it is hard to remember that... It does indeed feel like a 'representative majority' and statistically I'm sure it is... But, ur, I feel... I should interact with the best of them. I should... And then see what I can learn / see how I feel.
(I think I will get the opportunity to do that - for which I am grateful).
> Are you prescribing for some people that they should refrain from reading posts authored by Lou Pilder should they be upset by them?Ur... Yeah. Or that they... Read them... Feel upset... Then find a way that put them out of their mind / has them feel less upset. If possible. Yeah.
> So, when he declares that we are killing our children by drugging them with compounds containing benzene (aromatic) rings, you feel that one must refrain from responding to this, simply because they feel the need to intercede and challenge this idea?
Here's the thing. If one has simple counter-examples that refute the point, then one can simply post the counter-examples.
What is left?
Emotional investment.
Emotional investment.
Now one gets to think about... Who is... Capable of... Being the better person... One can challenge. What does 'investment' mean? What does that mean? Invested in saying what one wants to say (go for it) or... Invested in being thought right? The latter is problematic...
The latter is problematic.
Say what you have to say... The best way that you can... And then... Move on.
Why so hard?
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