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In reply to the discussion: I Have a Pledge to Make. Who Will Join Me? [View all]The Doctor.
(17,266 posts)56. If that's too much to ask, then I am most certainly disappointed.
When you put 'unthoughtful' and 'prejudiced' in a blender, you invariably wind up with 'dishonest'. It may be incidental, but it's the reality.
To me, reading for insinuation, double intentions, ulterior motives, and other interpretations of the words on a page is both more difficult and pointless than simply reading what is written.
It fascinates me to no end that so many people are incapable of reading and comprehending the words in front of them. Life would be so much simpler and less stressful if people with earnest intentions were not deliberately misrepresented by the prejudiced perceptions of others.
I'm finding it very sad that so many people expect that others are so full of ulterior motives that people who say what they mean and mean what they say can't be trusted either. It's just so very sad to feel like I'm an endangered species in a world full of liars and insinuators. I'm not saying that I can't or don't use insinuation, but I at least make my insinuations overt so as to avoid leaving questions. When I write something straightforward, it shouldn't be too much to expect people to take what I've said as my literal meaning.
The OP means exactly what it says. Trying to add meaning or motive beyond that is the real chore. Why people do it is not a mystery to me. People expect of others what they expect of themselves. Liars believe everyone lies, thieves believe everyone steals, and the duplicitous believe everyone has ulterior motives.
It is a sad commentary on the state of discourse.
I get your point, I hope you can understand mine.
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I just tried to tell my wife that the pledges we made when we got married ...
JoePhilly
Dec 2011
#101
Pledges stiffle? Is that because of the pledge or because the pledgee took viagra? nt
stevenleser
Dec 2011
#104
Wow. I could not have asked for a better example of thoughtless belligerence.
The Doctor.
Dec 2011
#16
You are calling a poster "thoughtlessly belligerent"? Is that within community
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#106
So what you're saying is that it's wrong to point out when someone is lying.
The Doctor.
Dec 2011
#93
i pledge to not commit to civil discourse regarding the taking of pledges.
piratefish08
Dec 2011
#178
Just to watch the hypocrisy spew from your keyboard, in direct contradiction to your OP.
DisgustipatedinCA
Dec 2011
#80
Here are a couple of your posts that I believe push the community standards envelope.
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#108
If DU is about seeing Democrats and getting Democrats elected, it can't be one big steady Obama or
deacon
Dec 2011
#85
Yeah, asking people to be honest and open is certainly a form of censorship.
The Doctor.
Dec 2011
#126
sounds reasonable - count me in, although I try to do those things all the time. nt
cry baby
Dec 2011
#115
I think democratic party has decided that the a-hole "independent" who voted for McCain
scentopine
Dec 2011
#131
Are you saying the voices in my head are telling me you think I'm a liar?
hootinholler
Dec 2011
#169