I've always felt that political posts should be preached to the choir when it comes to the internet, because, as I'm sure you have often found, minds cannot be changed just from reading politically charged posts, and those arguing would have to reach the conclusion of 'agreeing to disagree'. Sometimes, I just feel that enough is enough, as I'm sure you have, when seeing posts that disagree with your views, and go as far as calling you names (which really surprised me) and I felt I had to say something at this point.
As for the confusion, I actually was a bit confused about what I was saying. my initial reaction was anger over the fact that her post seemed very argumentative. It quickly turned to sadness and disappointment over the fact that I feel it is impolite, and really, everyone on the internet lives by a double standard when it comes to politics. We agree that it is a good thing that one can talk about politics no matter their views, and we all accuse each other of living by a double standard by saying 'so it's ok for you to do this but not them?'. People give into this too much. I admit to saying to relatives, that I believe liberals to be open and understanding only to those who agree with them, and is that not a double standard on their part, as well as a double standard on my part for even stating my first post above?
Whew, I hope that didn't confuse you, it's just a very complicated subject to try to explain. Even for an English major!
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Date: Saturday, December 9th, 2006 10:21 pm (UTC)I've always felt that political posts should be preached to the choir when it comes to the internet, because, as I'm sure you have often found, minds cannot be changed just from reading politically charged posts, and those arguing would have to reach the conclusion of 'agreeing to disagree'. Sometimes, I just feel that enough is enough, as I'm sure you have, when seeing posts that disagree with your views, and go as far as calling you names (which really surprised me) and I felt I had to say something at this point.
As for the confusion, I actually was a bit confused about what I was saying. my initial reaction was anger over the fact that her post seemed very argumentative. It quickly turned to sadness and disappointment over the fact that I feel it is impolite, and really, everyone on the internet lives by a double standard when it comes to politics. We agree that it is a good thing that one can talk about politics no matter their views, and we all accuse each other of living by a double standard by saying 'so it's ok for you to do this but not them?'. People give into this too much. I admit to saying to relatives, that I believe liberals to be open and understanding only to those who agree with them, and is that not a double standard on their part, as well as a double standard on my part for even stating my first post above?
Whew, I hope that didn't confuse you, it's just a very complicated subject to try to explain. Even for an English major!