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You're obviously intelligent, but somehow that doesn't translate into understanding the fact that if you can't make personal connections with people, they don't give a **** how right you are on a point or an issue.

Huh? I don't know about anyone else, but when I'm reading something someone has written for informational purposes - I'm much more interested in if they are right on a point or issue than if I have a personal connection with them.

So, you only listen to people with whom you have a personal connection?

And I don't want to get into any name-calling or personal insult throwing contests. I'm just intrigued by this statement and want to address it.

Cy, this is amusing... he's flailing around like a cornered rat...

Go get your brother and your wife, Jack, and maybe a few of your friends. They can all dittohead your response.

What is it with you chickenshits? If you have something that you disagree with someone on, why don't you address it honestly and directly instead of sniping from a distance.

I only care about criticisms from people who I have a personal connection, or who I find interesting. Which is 99% of what JTT engages in here: knocking other people's posts, or trying to turn the conversation to her own topic of how tewwible America is. But, I don't find her posts interesting or even relevant in most cases. So why would I listen? I've been given no reason to do so.

We're essentially strangers here on A2K; we don't know each other in real life, any of us. When you are walking down the street, having a conversation with someone or whatever, and someone you don't know - or worse, that you know acts like an ass towards others all the time - butts in to criticize what you do or say, do you care? Would you change your mind or behavior based on that? I doubt it.

knocking other people's posts,

or trying to turn the conversation to her own topic of how tewwible America is. But, I don't find her posts interesting or even relevant in most cases. So why would I listen? I've been given no reason to do so.

Slow down, lad. The 'r' key is two to the right of the 'w' key.

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I only care about criticisms from people who I have a personal connection, or who I find interesting. Which is 99% of what JTT engages in here: knocking other people's posts, or trying to turn the conversation to her own topic of how tewwible America is. But, I don't find her posts interesting or even relevant in most cases. So why would I listen? I've been given no reason to do so.

Okay, so let me get this straight- if you don't find a person interesting or have a personal connection with that person, their information- be it criticism or whatever- is something you will disregard out of hand?

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We're essentially strangers here on A2K; we don't know each other in real life, any of us. When you are walking down the street, having a conversation with someone or whatever, and someone you don't know - or worse, that you know acts like an ass towards others all the time - butts in to criticize what you do or say, do you care? Would you change your mind or behavior based on that? I doubt it.

If I'm trying to learn how to knit and someone I know is an expert knitter , though I don't like their personality or anything else about them particularly and they see me about to do something wrong and they correct me before I do, yes, I'll listen- whether I like their personality or not.

JTT doesn't act like an ass all the time.

And yeah, we're essentially strangers on a2k - so what if someone were to have Aspberger's and they did interact differently?

I'm not saying JTT does, but what if he did?

Is the reaction on this thread to someone who might have those issues by people who apparently don't, appropriate at all?

People excuse behavior in people they like and with whom they have personal connections that they would never excuse in others whom they don't like and don't have a personal connection.

I find that immature and unfair.

Do you honestly not realize that I did that on purpose,

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Do you honestly not realize that I did that on purpose,

Do you honestly not realize that I honestly realized that you did that on purpose?

Why would you make fun because someone is indignant about relentless terror, destruction and death heaped upon millions of innocents? Kind of odd behavior to my mind but hey, whatever turns your crank.

To my mind, making fun would be more appropriately directed towards those who ignore it, or make jokes about it, or attempt to minimize it, or dismiss it out of hand.

Do you honestly take the criticisms of strangers to heart? I doubt it.

Well, this assumes the other person is in fact an expert. I haven't seen any evidence of that in this or many other cases here on A2K.

It's simply not pleasant to interact with. Why would I continually inflict unpleasant interactions upon myself?

I don't find it either immature or unfair. In fact, I believe that it's an exact description of the way life actually works. We're ALL willing to cut people more slack when we know that they have redeeming features. When someone doesn't display those features, they get less slack cut.

Take a second and think about your own personal relationships, your friends and family. Do they do and say things that you wouldn't put up with, from others? Of course they do. Half of what friendship is about is the ability to say things that arguably would be quite rude coming from a stranger.

Well the point I'm trying to make is the one that you made first - that because we are on the internet, we have no way of knowing what anyone else's redeeming features may or not be.

Me, I'm afraid to be mean to anyone on the internet because I can never know if they're sitting there desperate for interaction and my mean or cutting remark could affect them more devastatingly than I could ever know.
And that goes back to my point about the Aspberger's situation.

URL: http://able2know.org/reply/post-4590916

No, I don't think you did know.

I do it, because you are a crank on that topic. You're not interested in anything but justifying your own sense of moral indignation, and that is frankly boring and not worth my time.

As an example, I can't stand your apparent approval of JGoldman's constant and inane drivel. It just encourages the shithead. But, hey; it's a free board.

But of course we do! People reveal themselves through what they choose to say.

Yeah - as you just did. You 'can't stand' the fact that I do something you wouldn't do or talk to someone you wouldn't talk to.
Sorry to have disappointed you and not lived up to your standards of what is worthwhile and productive for me to do with my time.

You're awful judgmental.

I could care less what you do with your time,

You were pretty judgmental yourself towards me and my reported actions in the thread on airport security the other day.

But I didn't let it hurt my fee-fees, because this is the internet; a place for people to say what they think, not to dance around all the time, afraid of offending someone by telling the truth.

The reason you get your panties in such a twist about the topic of America is because nobody agrees with you here on A2K.

But, you're right; I really should stop engaging in what amounts to essentially boring conversation with a boring poster. So I'm going to go back to ignoring you.

The reason you get your panties in such a twist about the topic of America is because nobody agrees with you here on A2K.