ixtow
Founder's Club Member
I was pondering a point of logical disparity.
People who carry guns tend to be a demographic populated by individuals who don't scare easily. Perhaps augmented by the fact that they are carrying a gun...
My point is, those who don't share the hard-to-scare mind, and who don't carry, are probably misinterpreting 'fear for one's life.'
We may laugh at them and call them panty-wetters, etc... But the fact is, they're people, too. I'm loathe to admit...
I'm sure we're all familiar with the tactic of one being helpless trying to bring others down to their level. that, also, is not what I'm getting at.
I'm saying that we often try to debate with these people on a ground they cannot comprehend. They are afraid of everything. They don't know what it's like to have confidence, and the capacity to follow through. It's like trying to describe a rainbow to someone who was born blind. You're never going to get it in their head.
I'm trying to put a finer point on the problem, and how one might educate a person of that sort. How do you teach the blind about rainbows? Yes, they are crude and insulting. Yes, they're a kind of person who you probably don't want to be around. But so was Helen Keller until 'it clicked.' They're still people. How can we make that click?
Some are willfully opposed, knowing their position is a sick lie. Promoting anti for their own hateful pleasures. But I think we're overlooking the fact that these people are at a disadvantage. It's like communicating with a dog. They can't speak English, so we have to learn to speak dog. How do we do this with the ignorant anti? How do we explain our position in terms they actually understand, instead of assign totally different meanings and miss the point every time?
People who carry guns tend to be a demographic populated by individuals who don't scare easily. Perhaps augmented by the fact that they are carrying a gun...
My point is, those who don't share the hard-to-scare mind, and who don't carry, are probably misinterpreting 'fear for one's life.'
We may laugh at them and call them panty-wetters, etc... But the fact is, they're people, too. I'm loathe to admit...
I'm sure we're all familiar with the tactic of one being helpless trying to bring others down to their level. that, also, is not what I'm getting at.
I'm saying that we often try to debate with these people on a ground they cannot comprehend. They are afraid of everything. They don't know what it's like to have confidence, and the capacity to follow through. It's like trying to describe a rainbow to someone who was born blind. You're never going to get it in their head.
I'm trying to put a finer point on the problem, and how one might educate a person of that sort. How do you teach the blind about rainbows? Yes, they are crude and insulting. Yes, they're a kind of person who you probably don't want to be around. But so was Helen Keller until 'it clicked.' They're still people. How can we make that click?
Some are willfully opposed, knowing their position is a sick lie. Promoting anti for their own hateful pleasures. But I think we're overlooking the fact that these people are at a disadvantage. It's like communicating with a dog. They can't speak English, so we have to learn to speak dog. How do we do this with the ignorant anti? How do we explain our position in terms they actually understand, instead of assign totally different meanings and miss the point every time?