(04-01-2023, 09:59 AM)WingerDinger Wrote:

(04-01-2023, 09:08 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I think people who post on this message board are like most people- there is very little attempt to understand why someone else feels the way they do, except for the purpose of finding a weakness in the other person.   It's comforting to think "I am right and everyone else is wrong."  And to that end, we actively reinforce our own views, which is just mental masturbation.  

The one thing that does irritate me is the drive-by insults- people just popping into the conversation to insult someone, and that's all they do.  That's just weak.  I also think that when someone accuses someone else of "acting superior," they are projecting their own self-image into the other person's head.  You think he's "acting superior" because you feel inferior.  

But we're just like the rest of society right now- we've all got our fists up, defending our point of view with no attempt to understand things from the point of view of the other person.

I am going to try to graduate to the level of the curious person and not the defensive person.  It might not fit very well around here, but I'm going to give it a shot.

Would you quit whining already? You've made it abundantly clear that you despise Trump and his voters. Did you ever stop and think that maybe some people don't like being talked down to? Made to feel inferior because of our choice of candidate? 

It's like we're labeled 'Far Right' because of our choice in Trump. Like we want to go out and just destroy people and things because we don't see eye to eye. So we're already thought upon as scum and trash in most people's eyes who don't agree with our choice. But, do you see it bothering me? In truth, it does a little bit. But not to the point of wanting a civil war over it. 

Words only hurt if you let them and not everyone is out to get you. Maybe start letting things roll off of your shoulders a little more. You may get invited to more parties.

Signed,

 A White Trash Trump Supporter..

p.s.. My fists are only up and shakin when kids walk across my grass. Kentucky Blue is expensive.

"Made to feel inferior" is a curious choice of words.  Has anyone actually made you feel inferior?  Or have they just tried to make you feel inferior?  

By the way, I don't despise Trump voters.  Some of them are friends of mine.  At least two that I can think of are very close friends.  Actually, now that I think about it, there are a whole bunch of Trump voters in my circle of family and friends.  I don't despise them at all.

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