tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post1279454263948907443..comments2023-10-30T01:52:04.961-07:00Comments on Miniver Cheevy: Online discussionJonathan Kormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06249159323930786199noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-60184053423798662362021-05-05T14:57:19.100-07:002021-05-05T14:57:19.100-07:00I have no idea who Mr. Prescod is but I wonder why...I have no idea who Mr. Prescod is but I wonder why he defensively brings up his claim.Jonathan Kormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06249159323930786199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-39232844991453697672021-01-22T16:10:48.941-08:002021-01-22T16:10:48.941-08:00MAGA people tend to reject, wholesale, exclusion o...MAGA people tend to reject, wholesale, exclusion of any group based on race, for any reason. We're all Americans.John Prescodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11811821341242939470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-34615447185191995612015-06-17T09:53:12.521-07:002015-06-17T09:53:12.521-07:00I encourage and enjoy vigorous debate on my FB wal...I encourage and enjoy vigorous debate on my FB wall, but lament that my most extreme left & right friends, while often witty and sporting, also tend to be the most prejudiced. Like you, I hunger for meaningful debate with hard right folks, but damn there is often an impenetrable world view wall that's an abstacle to establishing common ground, or even common "facts." I recognize it could be my own prejudice preventing me from seeing a path forward, but I take some comfort in my experience that I experience the wall on the far left as often as on the far right. I am coming to believe that maintaining an extreme position requires a certain degree of ignorance and unwillingness to be enlightened. I often resign to the impossibility of persuasion and just settle on the enjoyment of witty repartee. But there is a lingering sadness.Ken Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11692130804936589526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-34561524791301994952015-01-05T17:52:04.614-08:002015-01-05T17:52:04.614-08:00Interesting rules :) I sympathize and agree with ...Interesting rules :) I sympathize and agree with some points here. I personally don't like it when people are rude in my comments spaces, though, even when I agree with them.<br /><br />The problem is that I've realized that I can't always spot it when people who I agree with are rude. Sometimes I miss it, not out of malice but because my sympathy for them simply biases me too much.Lydia Laurensonhttp://twitter.com/lydialaurensonnoreply@blogger.com