(August 31, 2018 at 2:50 am)Kit Wrote:I'm rubber, you're glue....That's a serious grade school mentality.(August 31, 2018 at 2:49 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: What’s the point of talking to someone if all you’re going to do is verbally attack? I mean, if that’s what you want to do, fine. But, don’t pretend you’re interested in actually connecting with another person while at the same time calling them names. That’s not productive dialogue. Just be forthright about it and admit that it makes you feel good inside to tell someone they’re wrong.
Theists can call us sinners, as though that's not verbal abuse. We call them delusional, and they're allowed to play the persecution card? Get your priorities straight.
Just because you find what they do to be personally insulting doesn't make it ok if you do it.
Anyway, this was personal. She specifically said that term was bothering her, and you persisted. That make it a special kind of mean to continue.
I know that it's hard not to retaliate in kind when you feel attacked, but it is completely counterproductive.
Ask yourself, what is your goal? If it's just to make yourself better in a monkey flinging poo sort of way, fine. Success! But if it is to try and actually get people to think about things differently and listen to what you have to say, then learn to bite your tongue and keep the mean thoughts to yourself.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead