Display:
asking for examples is already a rationalist approach, I suppose - those speaking of in terms of tendencies, perceptions, feelings and the like most probably are not ready, or even willing to rationalize all that.

(i also wonder whether a blog can be said to have a 'tendency' per se - it's like saying artists tend to be leftwing; some do, some do not, generalizing doesn't have that much relevance*, I guess; if there is intolerance or insensibility, it's of this and that person)

*except if this blog actually has a "line" - established by its owners/moderators - that I'm not aware of...

Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last! (Martin Luther King)

by ValentinD (walentijn arobase free spot frança) on Sun Nov 9th, 2008 at 05:21:24 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Eh, but isn't a rationalist approach required when it comes to making actual accusations of people?
Tendencies, perceptions, feelings -- A witch! She put the evil eye on me! Just the other day, she gave me a nasty look, and now I have these undefinable ailments...
So yeah, I'd say that if you accuse people of hostility, dismissiveness or whatever it was, you better have some examples. A 'feeling' says nothing, cannot be looked into, verified, etc. And, in a conflict, the person who cries first is not always right.
by someone (s0me1smail(a)gmail(d)com) on Mon Nov 10th, 2008 at 03:11:16 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Amen :-)

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.
by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Mon Nov 10th, 2008 at 01:01:59 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Display:
Login
. Make a new account
. Reset password
Occasional Series