JR,
Umm...nice back handed apology. Just because you're hard on yourself doesn't mean its OK to be hard on someone else. Your comments weren't being hard, they were demeaning and basically saying that I'm worth shit.
When I disagree with someone, I have discussions without insulting them. I guess when my daddy told me a long time ago not to discuss politics with most people because they can't have mature discussions, they want to shove their opinions down your throat, argue and belittle.....he was right.
JG,
This thread isn't about Obama, its about Palin.
Originally Posted by MsElena
Sorry, but you still don't seem to understand.
You are worth a lot as an individual. The problem comes with a definition of the term "opinion". As I said before..." we are all entitled to our feelings, but that is not an
informed opinion." My position, and all of the science community is based upon the position the "no feelings are allowed - ever: only the "OBSERVED AND PROVABLE FACTS". You did not offer any fact to back up your statements. Thus, you did not have an opinion: you expressed your feelings about Sara Palin. I have the same feelings because I have had some very bad experiences with people like her.
Question: Were all the people of Germany that supported (over 70 million people can't all be wrong about everything), and loved Hitler, really bad people, and not worth s----? If you believe that question is true, you have missed the point that many of us respond to the culture that we are placed in.
Look at the ending quotes on my discussion.
Yes, I have expanded thread to a more extensive discussion; not just about Palin but how we all respond to the controls and manipulations that are placed upon us by others.
To affirm you worth as an individual, and at the same time attempt to have you think deeply about the basic questions that confront us is not being demeaning; it is an attempt to push all of us into thinking about some of the basic questions that are presented to us. In this case, it was you that gave the opening salvo about Sara Palin. The attack on her was personal and a parody of the attacks that the pseudo-pundits, such as Bill Maher who attack others as entertainment - rather than inform, which would be harder to get a laugh and to sell sell tickets for his shows.
Please note, I do not like either Hitler or Palin; I am not totally committed to any political party because all of them have their faults, and we do not live in a perfect world. However, all of these offer us an insight into how our thought, and the thoughts of crowds, can be manipulated.
Your daddy was right; most people can't have mature discussions, because when it is pointed out that their "opinions" can not be supported with evidence to prove the truth of their believes they feel belittled and insulted.
In this case, I have pointed out that your "opinions" can not be supported, most "opinions" can't be supported - that is why most "opinions" are not worth considering, and not allowed in meetings of science.
However, your feelings are your personal emotional responses. A person's feeling should never be disregard. My first wife, may she rest in peace, was a very feeling and emotional person. She was never able to get in a discussion about difficult complex questions because she always wanted to insert her feelings about the subject: she just could not stand to nail a subject down with facts. She once told me that she didn't care about facts; it what how she felt about the subject that mattered. But I loved her, and she gave me wonderful children and a great connection with a lot of people. She was loved by many.
The only insult that I have given was to point out that your thought, and most of the thoughts of any group of people are manipulated. No one likes to have it pointed out that we have been manipulated; but all politicians are very good at it: Do you really think that:
.... This thread isn't about Obama, its about Palin
Originally Posted by MsElena
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You are valued for your feelings.
JR