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Skidd
I give MHW room, although as for respect, he has yet to prove to me he really deserves it. He has mocked me and tried to make me look the fool. I do not give respect freely, it is to be earned.
Part of the whole blogging thing and the idea of free speech comes from the idea that I can go and make the comments I make. I do not try to 'slam him'. I started by pointing out my problems with his way of thinking. he comes back and rips me a new one. He has turned it personal.
Go and read his Blogs. You will see that he started going after my way of life, directly. I try not to name names of Bloggers for the most part, but I have. Never have I gotten as bad as MHW or as insulting.
The guy has a chip on his shoulder and he has taken it out on me. Why? Because I do not see life the way he does and that makes me a ignorant person by his accounts.
I try not to make my comments challenges, unless the other person has gone and tried to make me look bad. That in the #1 thing that sets me off. Too often they go and change the subject or resort to pointing out small flaws to make it look like i do not know what I am talking about.
Okay, that's enough of this for now.
posted by
kooka_lives
on November 16, 2003 at 9:56 AM
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I understand what you're saying, I just see it in a different light. MHW is not grabbing one part of your opinion, unable to see it's entirety in perspective, then bending it to his point of view. He's responding to a portion of your opinion in which he feels is a misrepresentation of his.
You're intelligent. We can all see this. You have morals. Values. Hopes. These all are apparent in your postings. As I said before. I disagree with most of your opinions. But, I do like reading you. You aren't a blowhard-idiot. You have depth.
Could you please post opinion without it becoming a challenge? A long-dong, third grade, "I'm better than you," exercise?
MHW does come off as egotistical. Granted. But, look at his message, not his manner. He never goes to your post to slam you, does he? He allows you your opinion. You are the one going to his post to challenge him. That's his territory. His space for thought. Allow him room and respect. This is an adult site, and from what I've seen so far, the people within this site are mature, intelligent, insightful and respectful. That's what I like so much about it. It's not a chatroom.
I'll continue to read you because you are intelligent and honest. But don't expect me to agree with you. We're not changing the world here, Kooka, we're just writing.
posted by
Skidd
on November 15, 2003 at 10:29 PM
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DEBATES ARE WHAT LIFE IS ABOUT
I LOVE to debate... there are only a few ppl i refuse to debate with anymore... STUPID PPL!!! its just too fustrating lol
So talk on! ppl should hear everyone's side of every story... it's the only way to grow
posted by
JustJilly
on November 15, 2003 at 9:59 PM
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Skidd
It would be one thing if I felt that MHW every listened to someone else and gave someone, anyone, the same respect he seems to demand from everyone else.
He does not listen to me.
Go and read the comments on his Blog. I will say something. He will reply in a way that makes it clear he did not read what I said. I will say I do not agree with Abortions, and then he claims I am pro-abortions.
My big problem with him is that he does come off with the attitude (Just read his post for today) that everyone who disagrees with him are ignorant and just have not lived a hard enough life to understand.
That is BS.
I will bet you anything I am as smart as he is and as informed as he is. I just see the world differently. I try not to say that everyone is wrong. I just talk about how I see the world, knowing that others will disagree with me and I haveno problem with them telling me that.
So for the time being, I am going to be paying attention to what MHW has to say. I will not call him ignorant, because I do believe him to be smart and educated, that is obvious from his writing. But I also believe he does not see the whole picture. Although I am sure he feels the same way about me, although he does call me ignorant. His life experiences has shaped how he sees the world as mine has shaped me.
Yet another comment turned into a Blog. I gotta stop doing this.
posted by
kooka_lives
on November 15, 2003 at 9:10 PM
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Relax, Kooka
Kooka, you do get caught up in your debates. I respect your opinions, but I don't agree with most of them. Because I respect them (I believe they come from your heart), I don't blast them every time I disagreed with them. This battle you're having with MHW is an example of ego supplanting healthy debate. Differing perspectives. When you constantly attack many of the things he says, you are attacking the person, not the opinion of the person. Understand? If I blasted you every time I disagreed with your perspective, you would swear that I hate you. I don't. From what I read of you, I believe you to be a fine person.
Relax, Kooka. MHW is only expressing opinion from his perspective. As are you.
posted by
Skidd
on November 15, 2003 at 8:16 PM
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