I just read a post yesterday about how to talk to bigots. It said you need to be more understanding, they are tools and and just don't know any better.They're also really nice people, they're just scared. So what you do is find something they like and talk about that. Say for example you know someone doesn't like Bush, easy, don't talk about him. Talk about how smart and articulate Obama is, talk about beer, music or even knitting. It's really that simple.
Me, I have thick skin, I like to call them out, force them to argue their position until they realize it has no merit, then get frustrated and call me a shithead or talk about my tinfoil hat. That's the equivalent of them looking lost and stomping out of the room, but usually they just slink away for a day or so. Thanks for the post, I read it. On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 1:46 AM, Judith Dinowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I feel like everything I say will be turned around on me. If I express an > opinion, post an interesting article to discuss, I'll be attacked. > > But I guess I'm a sucker for punishment. I happen to love Daniel Gordis' > columns on Israel, and in all of the mudslinging that's happened lately on > the topic, I don't feel that anyone has painted a clear picture of what's > happening over there. Everything is covered in propaganda (mostly the > anti-Israel kind). > > So in the interest of posting something that may be positive or perhaps will > shed some light on the Israeli side of the story, here is Daniel Gordis' > latest column. Daniel reflects on the disconnect between how Israelis see > the situation and how Obama sees it in this article, "Will Barack Obama > Ignite the Third Intifada?" > > http://danielgordis.org/2010/03/26/obama-intifada/ > > As Linda from Coffee Talk would say, "Discuss." > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314122 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
