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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
If I'm making fun of someone's point or point of view, I'm not making fun of the person.
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I agree. I just think that it's too often the case that these discussions degenerate into name-calling and playing "gotcha." I really wasn't singling you out. Lord knows I've been guilty of a few rhetorical "excesses" of my own from time to time. The way I see it, a little civility can go a long way toward convincing another person that your point of view isn't crazy.
(or as my Mother-in-Law sometimes says: "you attract more flies with honey than with vinegar."
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