Posted by gardenergirl on April 14, 2006, at 23:26:44
In reply to Re:, posted by special_k on April 14, 2006, at 23:01:36
> dennett talks about how sometimes people enlarge their boundaries...
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> so someone who is really into cars might take it as a personal insult if someone were to say they have a crappy car.Good golly, yes! I love my car, and I'm not "into cars". But if someone called my car "crappy", why wouldn't I feel insulted? And why would someone feel the need to call my car crappy? Why not just talk about how great your car is, or how great some other car is? Or why not point out that Consumer Reports says my car has a problem with XXX? Why label it???????
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> i guess similarly someone who is really into politics might take it as a personal insult if someone were to say their favourite party had a crappy policy.Again, why label it??? Why not say you disagree with this policy. You believe that this other policy is a good one. Why label it as crappy or clueless?
And truly, how can a policy be clueless? It's not that I feel my party and it's policies were put down. It's the group. People. People make up the "left". Not policies. At least the way I've always heard the term used. Of course with no noun after the adjective, I suppose it is a little tricky to tell exactly what object is "left/center".
> owning ones own response as ones own response
> looking upon others charitably...
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> doesn't apply here huh.How is calling anyone or anything clueless charitable?
>I need to stop here. I'm feeling riled up, and I don't want to engage further while in this state. I certainly don't want to cross the civility line (as in Bob's definition since I'm posting on his site) out of heightened emotions.
Take care everyone.
gg
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