Originally Posted by sjh

Don't fall for this guy's spiel...



No one has said what he contends. He consistently engages in fallacies, often strawmen, but also likes to redefine terms, whenever, however it serves his purpose.

I truly dislike saying this but he has no solidity, no core, no center. He's almost certainly a stranger to himself. A chimera.

The more one is a stranger to themselves the more adamantly and desperately they argue. One at peace can be elastic, say things like, "I see what you are saying" or "have you considered this?", etc.

I mean I'm talking to a Muslim on this board and we touch on matters involving our Faiths. I don't doubt for one moment that he is sincerely seeking to live his life correctly. I can't speak for him but I suspect he would say the same about me. Yet we both know, that at least to the best of our ability to understand, that we have some major differences. However, we are civil and listen to each other.

Why is it, that someone, who at least from a superficial analysis, would have much more in common with me can't grant me (or others with whom he differs) the same dignity?

Look over the various mannerisms of those that speak here. When one encounters brittleness, demonization of opponents, etc you're dealing with one who is projecting an inner struggle onto those about them.

A few posts back I said something like I accept the sincerity of the cause of progressives but doubt the effectiveness of their methods.

Doesn't seem like much of a sentence but I acknowledge the humanity and the decency of those who differ with I.

Now look at this man's words for the past 10 or 20 or 30 posts. Is there one time that he speaks of those who differ in any manner but derisively?

The statement is simple: Fulfill the responsibilities of adulthood and obtain the rights of adulthood.