On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. >
Maybe it's because it's friday morning and i'm slightly hung over from staying up all night to watch one of the better NCAA games of the last 25 years (GO CATS!!!!).......but this post made me laugh out loud. Sam, I love ya...even if i don't like ya :) -- Promises mean everything when you're little And the world is so big ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:314123 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
