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Puzzledtraveller

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20. I get it

Reply to True Blue Door (Original post)

Wed Jun 10, 2015, 06:28 PM

Jun 2015

many won't. Acting on emotion is reckless and counterproductive. We all have done it, but I have got much better at playing it cool and studying my opponent before saying things I cannot take back, or worse, make me look ignorant of the issue.

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How Activists Undermine Themselves [View all] True Blue Door Jun 2015 OP

Well said. MineralMan Jun 2015 #1

condescending though elehhhhna Jun 2015 #2

"In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell Fumesucker Jun 2015 #3

George Orwell lived in a time when half the world suffered under megadeath totalitarianism. True Blue Door Jun 2015 #4

We lost by winning Fumesucker Jun 2015 #5

I think you're misinterpreting greater awareness of deceit for greater deceit. True Blue Door Jun 2015 #9

The Soviet people were famously cynical about their government Fumesucker Jun 2015 #14

The Soviet people were not "bullshitted," they were lied to, all day every day - on every subject. True Blue Door Jun 2015 #15

I invite you to look at my journal Fumesucker Jun 2015 #22

I wasn't criticizing you. True Blue Door Jun 2015 #25

It sure felt that way Fumesucker Jun 2015 #28

What do you disagree with specifically? True Blue Door Jun 2015 #29

The internet and social media has trained people to read short pieces Fumesucker Jun 2015 #31

Excellent ! jaysunb Jun 2015 #6

I disagree with this, almost completely. PowerToThePeople Jun 2015 #7

Your disagreement means nothing unless you explain further. True Blue Door Jun 2015 #8

Sorry, no time for detailed response. PowerToThePeople Jun 2015 #10

Fair enough. True Blue Door Jun 2015 #12

Likewise. H2O Man Jun 2015 #19

Bookmarking this. Betty Karlson Jun 2015 #11

K&R People who complain about the lack of response to climate change. raouldukelives Jun 2015 #13

you are not G_j Jun 2015 #17

I'm saying the first step to standing against something is not standing with it. raouldukelives Jun 2015 #33

That's not my experience at all with activism G_j Jun 2015 #16

Everyone has a different set of experiences. True Blue Door Jun 2015 #24

some complain G_j Jun 2015 #30

Mine either. Has the OP been involved with any organized activism? Luminous Animal Jun 2015 #26

Lost me at the second sentence. Rex Jun 2015 #18

it sure beats the shit out of that poor straw man though, doesn't it? Scootaloo Jun 2015 #27

I get it Puzzledtraveller Jun 2015 #20

Just like anything else in this world, you can find Exilednight Jun 2015 #21

This sounds a bit too much like respectability politics for my liking. n/t DemocraticWing Jun 2015 #23

Yes, Captain America. hunter Jun 2015 #32