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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > <snip> > IMO, the > > posters here who are able to rise above having to > > react angrily when someone portrays them in a diff- > > erent way than they see themselves can do so because > > they have a basic level of respect for the other > > posters, and consider them their equals. "We're all > > just seekers here," and all that. In general, those > > who become indignant do so because they've been > > insulted by someone they consider "lesser" than > > themselves. > > It's interesting, I have never, even for a second, > thought of anyone on this forum--or anywhere else, > for that matter--as "lesser" than myself. That > concept is just completely foreign to me and always > has been, no matter how nastily they have insulted > me (or someone else), no matter what kind of > falsehoods the other person has told about me (or > someone or something else), no matter how blatant > the hypocrisy they indulge in. > > It's curious that "some people" seem to see that > kind of thinking in me and others when there's a > disagreement of some kind. > > Especially in a post in which *they* clearly > indicate that they believe their own purported > egalitarianism makes them superior to those > whom they believe perceive others to be inferior. > **end** But, Judy, can't you see that referring to certain people as nasty, insulting, hypocritical liars might make them feel as if you're making a value judgment?
