tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578796467500927340.post23188647523209209..comments2023-04-17T09:07:02.240-07:00Comments on Brain Vomit: You watch your phraseology!CelloShotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17085687629481961463noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578796467500927340.post-59415072600855223952008-09-26T16:26:00.000-07:002008-09-26T16:26:00.000-07:00It's like "no offense, but. . ."On other other han...It's like "no offense, but. . ."<BR/><BR/>On other other hand, how exactly to phrase something honest and difficult to say? Less, glibly, I suppose.<BR/><BR/>bah. I miss you.Ms. Chakravartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09485304788202797394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578796467500927340.post-89953104978023666152008-09-25T12:40:00.000-07:002008-09-25T12:40:00.000-07:00(Yes, I know I'm falling into the liberal/conserva...(Yes, I know I'm falling into the liberal/conservative linguistic trap, and I agree that it is a trap, but I think it's going to best express my point right now.)<BR/><BR/>I agree, conservative voices are not at all underrepresented in this country. At the same time, it is always a challenge to be the one in a group or community who sticks out.<BR/><BR/>I know very little of Brown's community and how downtrodden people can claim to be. I am going to tend to agree with how you are perceiving this situation. But I also know people I adore who happen to be bad about generally demonizing conservatives/Republicans with poorly thought out statements. (This is not you.) If you live in a liberal town, work in a liberal office, and have mostly liberal friends, and enough people around you fall in the trap of making "political discussion" by making one sentence claims to the evilness and idiocy of all Republicans, it's going to grate on you. Switch all the terms in that last statement and the grating stays the same. (Well, fluffiness and idiocy seems to be what I'm used to hearing in the opposite case.)<BR/><BR/>It's your job. You can't walk out, even if it feels as if people are attacking you, or your friends, or your family. It's your community, and again, how do you walk out? It's a privilege to be able to say demonizing statements -- Xs are idiots; Xs never think about anyone but themselves; all Xs thoughts have no basis in reality -- and not have to think about whether you're insulting someone's mother. <BR/><BR/>I've seen those statements enough from people who thought they were talking politically, but... it's not politics. And honestly, it makes me uncomfortable, even when I don't feel as if me or my own are targeted by the statements.<BR/><BR/>(I'm sorry if you feel this isn't addressing your post. I hope it is, and I'm certainly trying to respond in an appropriate manner. But I'll also admit that I'm tired from staying up half the night with a boy who felt that his co-workers were badmouthing his loved ones with unfair/inapplicable statements that he couldn't verbally respond to without putting his professional rapport at stake. I admit my mind is with that situation at the moment.)<BR/><BR/>Oh man, and yes, "with all due respect" too often means "with very little respect". Way too often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com