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NurseJackie

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28. No I haven't. This isn't about you personally...

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 12:19 PM

Aug 2018

You seem to have developed some animus toward me.

No I haven't. This isn't about you personally. It's about what you said in the OP, and how I disagree with it, and how I think the "both sides are to blame" philosophy (or the "they-know-not-what-they-do" philosophy) is wrong.

I will be the bigger person, take the high road, and not respond in kind.

Huh? You won't "respond in kind"?? What does that even mean? How have I attacked you? By disagreeing with you and by taking issue with your OP? By explaining to you how it comes across and why I think it's wrong?

Is THAT what you consider to be "animus toward you"?? Really? --- All I can tell you is that I was very clear in criticizing only the message, and I never said a negative word about you personally.

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I despise Trump with the heat of a thousand suns but America desperately needs healing. [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 OP

Can't heal until the cancer is gone htuttle Aug 2018 #1

Agree...and then reprogramming people who have been in a cult unitedwethrive Aug 2018 #6

Impossible in some instances Rorey Aug 2018 #13

Maybe Trump is not the cancer, but only the lesion. Ron Green Aug 2018 #16

The cancer is AM hate radio and Fox News. Initech Aug 2018 #52

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The healing will come through justice DavidDvorkin Aug 2018 #2

How about restorative justice ? DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #4

Meaning? DavidDvorkin Aug 2018 #8

Restorative Justice atreides1 Aug 2018 #30

That sounds fine to me DavidDvorkin Aug 2018 #37

AMEN!! That's the way its technically supposed to be; we seek justice we'll get peace uponit7771 Aug 2018 #17

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I like the sentiment but asking someone who viciously and violently hates all Eliot Rosewater Aug 2018 #3

I think we have been pretty bitter, historically. It's a consistent theme. NCTraveler Aug 2018 #5

Just forgive, forget, and move on? NOW? dalton99a Aug 2018 #7

I don't think I said that. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #15

I do agree. Rorey Aug 2018 #9

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We got started as the dead-end dumping ground for England's religious fanatics Aristus Aug 2018 #11

There's something more honest about a straightforward criminal, lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #43

Red Don took the children of those seeking help by the 1000's where some where sexually abused, sick uponit7771 Aug 2018 #14

Can we remove the ongoing threat to our nation first before we forgive and forget? eShirl Aug 2018 #18

It sounds like you're blaming the victim... NurseJackie Aug 2018 #19

How is this blaming the victim ? DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #20

I don't like repeating myself. NurseJackie Aug 2018 #22

You seem to have developed some animus toward me. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #25

No I haven't. This isn't about you personally... NurseJackie Aug 2018 #28

If DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #31

I've done no such thing. If your OP lacks clarity, whose fault is that? NurseJackie Aug 2018 #35

There was nothing... DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #36

I can't help you... NurseJackie Aug 2018 #39

If I wanted to say both sides are equally to blame I would have said so DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #40

Doesn't matter. Your meaning was clear... NurseJackie Aug 2018 #41

I want restorative justice. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #42

That's a sign of weakness that they'll exploit. I want to DESTROY them.... NurseJackie Aug 2018 #47

Having them publicly confess to their wrongdoing is not letting them off easily. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #48

... NurseJackie Aug 2018 #49

Dr. King won freedom for his people without ever giving in to hate DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #50

It's a great way to flatter one's own self, but it's a sign of weakness... NurseJackie Aug 2018 #53

+1. Right now if you extend a hand of friendship to them, they'll steal your watch dalton99a Aug 2018 #21

Exactly! Well said! NurseJackie Aug 2018 #24

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Become? It was always there... HipChick Aug 2018 #26

We must make the propaganda engine accountable too Thunderbeast Aug 2018 #29

How can there be healing when awesomerwb1 Aug 2018 #32

Sure, if it goes back to 1968 bigbrother05 Aug 2018 #33

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Snotcicles Aug 2018 #38

Screw That! NewJeffCT Aug 2018 #45

We need a purge edhopper Aug 2018 #46

i don't understand the use of "but" in your OP title 0rganism Aug 2018 #51

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I kinda get what you're saying.... spicysista Aug 2018 #55

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Oh, stop! I'm just long-winded! LOL! spicysista Aug 2018 #58

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