The Russia bashing has backfired.

[louslobbs]

207. I have been reading all of these posts, but have not commented until now after reading your post

A-Schwarzenegger......and what you have posted, is exactly what I've been thinking.

Some people have a hard time seeing how others might be hearing them. This is especially true when someone believes, that they have thought through the issue in question more thoroughly, and or, they believe that they actually have a better grasp of the facts related to the issue than others who are commenting.

This is a sad and emotional issue that angers many, myself included. Some would like to dictate to others how they should feel or respond based on their life experiences, rather than acknowledging the individual experiences of all the others commenting. And when others won't agree with their analysis of the situation, they start playing the blame game, trying to place blame for all kinds of unrelated garbage, onto all of those who refuse to conform and see their great wisdom regarding the situation at hand.

These types of people when disagreed with, will start to blame the real victims for victimizing others,
rather than recognizing those who are actually being victimized. They'll bring up cold wars and allege support for the military industrial complex, they'll claim they want to have a conversation, never once looking at how confrontational they have become because they can't force others to agree with their way of thinking.

So thank you for saying in a few succinct lines, exactly what I was feeling A-Schwarzenegger.

And to all of those who have expressed their views about the situation in Russia, you have a right to feel exactly how you feel and to believe exactly what you believe based on your knowledge regarding this situation using your own life experiences.

And remember, sometimes when someone claims over and over again that they are just "trying to have a conversation," but the interaction feels more and more confrontational, go with your gut and recognize, that unless you agree with this type of person, the only route with continued interaction, is confrontation.

This type of person fails to see one thing, there are great costs when you always have to be right while trying to make everyone else wrong, and the greatest of those costs is, relatedness to others.
Lou