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Originally Posted by calumniate
Because he's accused the general cp base of being illiterate in the past.. he continually condescends under the guise of intellectualism. And now he's trying to say that we're incapable of holding an argument or debate because we're too pc? It's just such a super weird and combative stance. I'm just sick of the condescending tone he takes, especially given that he's saying he's 'sick of the insults' while at the same time calling people illiterate and incapable of thought or argument. That's quite an island of impunity to find oneself
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Really? I actually don't personally read into peter12's comments as condescending. Tinordi, now THAT guy's condescending.
At least peter does try to challenge others and their stances. I agree with his position and think it makes sense. If you find it condescending I can understand where you are coming from, as I just re-read it and could see how it could be interpreted that way, I just didn't personally at first.
What I would say though is that this particular thread has a way of being an echo chamber. His point about people believing that everything that they think and state is 100% right all the time, does come across in a lot of the posters here. In general, the tone is not really one of re-consideration, or an admittance to being wrong. I do agree with the premise that nobody is right about their position 100% of the time, and more importantly, many issues are complex and actually involve shades of grey. Yet many posters will pop on here and continue to defend the same positions, sticking to a politically leaning ideology like its' some kind of religion, or that they'd look bad for once leaning the other way. I won't list the posters in my mind in this context, but a couple posters who do a good job...
I think Clifffletcher does a great job of being usually balanced but overall right leaning. While rubecube is another poster who's left leaning but occasionally admits he doesn't know everything- those types of notes are refreshing to me, personally. The rest of it is largely predictable, and I think peter's point is feel free to challenge yourself. At the end of the day you may find this offensive. You may even be right depending on the context- that your position overall is the one that's well thought out.
All I'm saying is I see what he's saying, and feel free to jump out on a limb. I try to but sometimes it's hard to know what's right or wrong in certain instances and basically I am not that smart.