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Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
8. Ever watch a small kid get angry at a much larger one and the larger one just holds his head
Sun Jan 20, 2013, 07:45 AM
Jan 2013

And keeps the smaller kid at arms length while the smaller one swings away wildly, connecting with nothing?

That's what's going on with the all the free talk on the internet, the big kid is letting the smaller kid just swing away, he's not going to connect with anything anyway.

Perspective is important, you might recall the story of the blind men and the elephant, same beast many different comparisons, rope, wall, tree and so on, all because of different perspectives.

Rather than getting angry at those who have a different perspective and berating them perhaps it might be more useful to try and understand why they have the perspective they do and how that perspective makes the world appear to them. No one person has a perspective that is completely correct and encompasses everything.

One thing I can tell you for sure is that if you don't understand how and why something is broken your chances of fixing it are infinitesimal.







"Getting real tired of the whiners" Bonobo Jan 2013 #1
Jimmy Serrano rules. WinniSkipper Jan 2013 #58
You win a cream soda!! Bonobo Jan 2013 #64
That's an All-Time movie WinniSkipper Jan 2013 #65
Things are obviously going well for you Fumesucker Jan 2013 #2
Did someone snap their fingers and make it perfect for everyone? graham4anything Jan 2013 #4
Ever watch a small kid get angry at a much larger one and the larger one just holds his head Fumesucker Jan 2013 #8
Just because a door handle falls off a refrigerator, doesn't mean you need a new refrig. graham4anything Jan 2013 #13
You might want to slow down a bit and organize your thoughts before you post Fumesucker Jan 2013 #15
the NRA has million dollar suits, who compose soundbytes, that are professionally parsed & edited graham4anything Jan 2013 #16
I see lots of errors in grammar, facts, logic and even spelling in M$M bullshit Fumesucker Jan 2013 #23
Don't feed. redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #31
I have not much use for Brooks or most oped or talking heads, except for Al Sharpton (Hi Al!) graham4anything Jan 2013 #44
Here's what you said Fumesucker Jan 2013 #46
ok, point taken.Someone at CBS should have inserted the ONE Freakin' word in the Rather/Mapes memo graham4anything Jan 2013 #49
What are you? tama Jan 2013 #27
I side with those Jefferson didn't speak to/for.I don't necessarily side with white male Americans. graham4anything Jan 2013 #42
You say tama Jan 2013 #48
Voting for Nader as protest in 2000 got one Bush. It didn't have to be that way. graham4anything Jan 2013 #50
This is not about Obama tama Jan 2013 #54
But our system is like that. The UK system is different, but we fought not to be them. graham4anything Jan 2013 #56
From my point of view tama Jan 2013 #59
"Make President Obama a dictator, and voila life would be easier" cherokeeprogressive Jan 2013 #40
btw, who said it was going well for me? You ASSUME much. graham4anything Jan 2013 #6
Your long rambling posts reveal a lot about you Fumesucker Jan 2013 #9
In the context of this thread, what isn't going well for you? Politicub Jan 2013 #45
For the love of Pete, going on and on about what others have to say IS whining... Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #55
That right keep your head firmly stultusporcos Jan 2013 #3
wedge issue. And yes, drones are the most humane war item there is (ask Richard Clarke). graham4anything Jan 2013 #5
So what dance do you do when one of America's Drones murders school children overseas? stultusporcos Jan 2013 #7
but they would have died anyhow graham4anything Jan 2013 #10
Using your logic the kids in Newton would have died anyway stultusporcos Jan 2013 #12
that is different than those in war would have died by their own people anyhow graham4anything Jan 2013 #14
So when did Congress declare war with Pakistan, Afghanistan or Yemen stultusporcos Jan 2013 #17
the war on terror encompasses terror graham4anything Jan 2013 #20
Twist and spin! The New Dance Craze that is sweaping the nation! stultusporcos Jan 2013 #28
Don't feed. redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #32
I guess those who support fascism can be Democrats stultusporcos Jan 2013 #34
When the whole purpose of a "big tent" tama Jan 2013 #61
Please, you're making my head hurt Oilwellian Jan 2013 #57
You're talking about bureaucratic procedure. randome Jan 2013 #24
If the Constitution is just "bureaucratic procedure" when it comes to war why are guns any different Fumesucker Jan 2013 #30
The word 'war' has become muddled. randome Jan 2013 #36
Like "police action" and "military advisers" hobbit709 Jan 2013 #37
Those too. It perhaps should not be that way but... randome Jan 2013 #43
Your 20 days of service on DU are quite... extinguished. VOX Jan 2013 #11
We have been remarkably safe under the Obama administration and its policies Politicub Jan 2013 #47
Anarchists fight fascists tama Jan 2013 #18
To whom on DU are you addressing this? (P.S. Your paragraph/sentence structures? :-P ) WinkyDink Jan 2013 #19
to anyone in the media or the Naderites who claims President Obama is tyranny and same as Bush. graham4anything Jan 2013 #21
To no one in particular. This OP is flamebait, as is most of what this person posts. nt redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #22
Yep. Constantly agitating the metabolic byproducts container. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #25
YES. An OP that states that President Obama is not Hitler is PURE FLAMEBAIT. Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #38
It wouldn't be if anyone had actually said that Obama is Hitler. nt redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #60
....... obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #39
The family of Aaron Swartz might disagree with you... n/t Earth_First Jan 2013 #26
There is a reason they hate evolution Chico Man Jan 2013 #29
whenever I read a whine like this, I recall stupidicus Jan 2013 #33
bull. That canard does not apply when THEY are the NRA type taking away others graham4anything Jan 2013 #53
too funny stupidicus Jan 2013 #63
Those RWNJ's who are screaming the loudest against tyranny meow2u3 Jan 2013 #35
For sure big part of the picture tama Jan 2013 #51
Well.. ananda Jan 2013 #41
The difference is that Republicans have mainstreamed this BS in their party... Silent3 Jan 2013 #52
It's tyranny because they aren't allowed to have gunz kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #62
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