My ground state is to assume "us or neutral" until proven otherwise, and I try not to judge anyone by what someone else says, (unless they're quoting the someone else with approval, and even then they might just be admiring the sentence structure).
But then, my ground state is to agree with the first article. I hate confrontation, I hate the idea that these problems can't be all ironed out and resolved by getting together round a table and talking, and I resist it with all my might. Unfortunately, from what is being said by the more extreme and vocal people on the other side as well as on this side, I'm wrong...and since it seems from what I read that the less extreme and vocal people on that side would rather support and defend the more extreme and vocal than be disloyal to their side (which I understand completely, thanks to that first article) there seems little chance of a compromise that will suit both sides.
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Date: 2008-09-12 05:45 pm (UTC)But then, my ground state is to agree with the first article. I hate confrontation, I hate the idea that these problems can't be all ironed out and resolved by getting together round a table and talking, and I resist it with all my might. Unfortunately, from what is being said by the more extreme and vocal people on the other side as well as on this side, I'm wrong...and since it seems from what I read that the less extreme and vocal people on that side would rather support and defend the more extreme and vocal than be disloyal to their side (which I understand completely, thanks to that first article) there seems little chance of a compromise that will suit both sides.
And that's rather a shame.