(June 1, 2017 at 11:20 am)Valyza1 Wrote: I may have misunderstood your comment, then. You literally asked if they could be something other than nutballs. I responded that people are multifaceted, meaning yes, they can be all kinds of things. No one is, of necessity, consecrated to any character label others place on them. I'm sure you can be a nutball sometimes, too. I'm sure we all can. But it's not all we are. We can communicate with each other and actually help each other in positive ways like fellow human beings. We don't have to agree or have the same beliefs to do so. And if you agree with that, then all I'm adding to the sentiment is that ridicule makes it harder to communicate as such."Sometimes" is generous. I'm two hairs shy of a chimpanzee -all- the time. Ridicule probably does make it harder to communicate some ideas to some people, undue deference, however, makes it difficult to communicate all ideas to any people.
Quote:I don't quite know the answer to that question, but I think it's a matter of degree. Some utility is more limited that others.Sure. There are hammers, and then there are hammers designed to strike a specific nail.
Quote:Yes, I know (and thanks for implying thatI actually didn't intend to convey that as an implication.....but it would have been pretty choice if I had. Are you one of the nuttiest nutters, in your estimation? How do you, personally, respond when you meet the nuttiest of nutters? Is there any line to cross or specific belief that, when you're presented with a person who holds it..causes you to either back away from that person..or involuntarily laugh in their face?
I'm the nuttiest of nuts). I was just affirming that I realize there's a difference between self-censorship and being unwelcome, lest it appear to anyone that I don't.
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