All I said, on another thread, that destroying relationships with mothers and spouses over their election choice is wrong. And how this "professes to understand what everyone and anyone is thinking or how life is supposed to be" ?????? Truth hurts, and when you and others like you have no real arguments to back up your posts, you just go to insults.
Disagreed- What Tsing described in the previous thread was more in the lines of dissolving his relationships with loved ones, not destroying them. There is a difference. This is not the first time in history that someone has decided to part ways with close family members, and it likely will not be the last. As chronicled in the New Testament, Jesus of Nazareth apparently severs ties with his own mother. The reason may have very well been due to a difference of beliefs. Any moral judgments you make pertaining to Tsing's or others' decisions to dissolve relationships with blood related family members, will in all likelihood be rejected by a great many. Truth hurts, and when you and others like you have no real arguments to back up your posts, you just go to insults. [/QUOTE] Agreed.
So would you mind answering me these three questions. 1. Why did you advise me to google a search inquiry on Reagan and the Air Traffic Controllers? 2. Why did you follow up that advice by offering that I may wish to withdraw a previous statement I had made? 3. Which statement did you feel I may have a desire to withdraw? As for the notion that "the democratic party supports unions, and unions the democratic party", and "The republican party typically opposes unions." This is not the first time I have heard that. But I don't go around touting what I've heard as a well established fact, when it is clearly anything but.
I have to say +100. So many lose the real things of value over just money, which is one thing, but to lose family over something as ridiculous as who one votes for, well, just horrible.
Exactly, I was genuinely surprised when I saw these posts. When I expressed my opinion that this is wrong and that professional counsel might be needed, this was interpreted as if I am telling people how to live their lives, and then insults started to come in. I guess misery brings out a lot an anger. Happy people tend to be more balanced.
You said quite a bit more than that. You said this, which was completely incorrect, and started the whole thing with me: Then you went on to disagree with all the opinions we were discussing in the thread. And you call your views "truth" without offering any "facts" to back them up (and how could you, all you are calling "truth" is your opinion). Truth does sometimes hurt. Let me know when some truth shows up.
So would you mind answering me these three questions. 1. Why did you advise me to google a search inquiry on Reagan and the Air Traffic Controllers? 2. Why did you follow up that advice by offering that I may wish to withdraw a previous statement I had made? 3. Which statement did you feel I may have a desire to withdraw? As for the notion that "the democratic party supports unions, and unions the democratic party", and "The republican party typically opposes unions." This is not the first time I have heard that. But I don't go around touting what I've heard as a well established fact, when it is clearly anything but. [/B][/QUOTE] When I first suggested that democrats support unions, you acted as if there was no basis to back this up when there have been many examples in which to base this argument on. Scott Walker is another one. You stated that Reagan was one of those who never showed any indication of being opposed to unions. I told you to google, because you were wrong. What is confusing about any of this?
Some of us see a different point of view on this. I respect yours, learn to respect mine. It's not like I'm saying you should go out and deal with anything the way I do.
No, the problem is that your opinion wasn't wanted. Just because you and your fellow liberal friends think that someone needs professional counsel (when their actions don't convey what you would expect). If you're arguing whether the national debt includes a particular variable, you can go back and forth debating the argument and use facts and statistics to prove you are right. There is a truth that can be found in these debates. When you try to tell people that what they feel is "wrong", you are essentially placing yourself as an authority on what is "right". That is the behavior that gets you attacked. This is the last time I'll try to explain it to you. If you cannot grasp this concept, then you are beyond my help. Perhaps you should get counseling. "I feel cold in here. Turn up the heat." "It's fine. The thermostat is at 75. You have problems, go put on a sweater." "I don't have problems, it's cold. Turn up the heat." "Perhaps you should see a psychologist." "Fuck you, turn up the heat." This is the conversation you're trying to run. You can't tell people how to feel, or tell them they should feel a certain way. People feel whatever they feel, and that is it. You can offer advice on how to deal with those feelings, but you can't tell them that what they feel is incorrect. It's absurd.