Someone75 – I think you sell people’s caring short. People don’t care how much you know, until you show how much you care.
I like to think I do a fairly decent job of showing exactly where I stand on things, and why. I get a lot of dialogue, responses, and even an occasional accolade. It tells me people really read what I say. It’s not enough for most people to hear precise reasoning. They have to know where you’re coming from as a person, first.
Your humanity has to come through. After that, they can give you the benefit of the doubt and see the subtleties of irony, et al.
I’m on a roll today. You’re the second guy I disagree with all the time, with whom I’ve made some human connection today. The other was vivo in the Governator article. I gotta be careful, or I’ll be getting along with the opposition. Horrors!
