Whatever happens tomorrow...

[ebenbrooks]

Whatever happens tomorrow, the world will continue. So I thought I'd put forth a few things to remember, both for myself and for anyone else who reads this:

Comments

[neo_tanuki]

(Applause)

Well said! Well said!

I KNOW you and I are divergent on many issues, but you are one of the rare people I know I feel I can have a reasonable discussion of politics and issues with when we disagree and I will not get a stomachache afterwards. So good on you, then. :)

[ebenbrooks]

Thank you. I feel similarly about you. I think one of the reasons for this is that, no matter how badly you might disagree with someone on an issue, you very rarely stoop to either angry name-calling or contemptuous dismissal. You may get really frustrated, but I don't remember the last time you said something like "such-and-such a politician is a big poo-poo head, and anyone who agrees with him is also a big poo-poo head."

Also, you're not afraid to tell me when I am doing such things and that I should knock it off. ;-)

[neo_tanuki]

If I DID call people "poo-poo heads"...I'd doubtless get more hits on Facebook! Figurative AND Literal! Lol. :)

But you are one of the few (maybe the only!) person I know who people can bring up an opposing view to and YOU don't call them "poo poo heads." Well, unless they do it to you first, at least. I've followed a few threads that went a bit south with shouting. ;P But seriously, I am always MORE willing to listen to what you have to say (even if I don't always agree) because I see you as making a genuine effort to listen to other points of view.

[ebenbrooks]

Well, thank you. I do my best. My best isn't always good enough, but I like to think that I keep improving.

RE Your Fourth Item

[niall_shapero]

The people on the "other side" (whatever you believe that to be) are trying to make the world better, too. They just don't agree with you as to the ways in which that should best happen. They may or may not be entirely wrong-headed, but they are not evil. Don't treat them as if they are

Here, I am afraid that I must politely disagree; there is evil in the world, and their are evil people. Sometimes, compromise is just not possible. (Of course, sometimes, in my world view, wars are necessary, so take this into account when you try to wrap your head around my worldview.)

Re: RE Your Fourth Item

[ebenbrooks]

I'm not saying that there aren't evil individuals out there. I'm just saying that you can't label the entirety of the "other side" as evil.