(Disclaimer: these ideas are not necessarily reflective of personal opinion)
I HAVE TO ADD THIS TO EVERY JOURNAL I POST FROM NOW ON, PLEASE NOTE IT.
Sometimes I like to raise topics for discussion and elaboration, like radio talk-back!
For some reason some people seem to think i am stating my own opinions (please read my wording more than once if you feel angry at me and before getting tense in your response… please, I am getting better too at developing this style here.)
If you state your perspective from the most extreme angle it encourages further participation and thought because it invokes the more extreme emotional responses, just a bit on psyche… hee he It’s what all those right wing talk back hosts do (just some of them believe it as well… tch tch)...
So please, try to separate the topics I raise from me… I feel that some people might like to bite, which is fine, but bite into the topic not my thigh… please…
I am pretty thick skinned but I also believe that concerning topics should be open for discussion even if they leave a bad taste if your mouth… This little community is a society, how can we manage it so this can happen? Should I stop asking for opinion publicly about topics I am airing? Chances are I won’t, RedBubble needs independent media… But tell me your thoughts and opinions without making it personal please.
YOU HAVE THE CHOICE OF NOT RESPONDING, YOU DON’T HAVE TO READ MY JOURNAL EITHER… BUT I AM GLAD THAT YOU DO AND I VALUE YOUR OPINION…
Disenchanted, 10 months ago
People are opinionated, and they have every right to be that way (yourself included). I find that if a person responds to something showing a somewhat aggressive attitude… either possitive or negative it simply tells you that that are passionate about what they are talking about.
As you’ve said though, people also have the right to exercise their own independant censorship although some people can not help but click open the things that they know will ‘get them going’.
Having the right ‘not’ to read / veiw / listen is definately not the same as exercising that right.
Personally, I like to read on topics that evoke contravercy (?sp) as it usually give me things to think about from all points of view… I may not always dip my quill into the ink well but every now and then… :)
kseriphyn
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10 months ago
I don’t mind reading your topics Kathleen. I think you reason some interesting points.
I may not agree with them, but I’m willing to open minded and see different view points. I think we need this sort of discussion now and then.
Otherwise, how else are we going to nat out differences and come to some sort of agreement (if that is required).
STRINGER, 10 months ago
You would make a nice pair of boots. OH THICK SKINNED ONE!!! hows the campaign trail treating ya ??? guess yer caint never please all the people all the time… LEROY!! Whippety KRACK!!!!
Evangeline Than, 10 months ago
Is it time to revive RedRag? Oh, how I miss that snorting bull … :)
kathleen
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10 months ago
hassle melinda kerr evangeline!!!