Re: Rude replies

andy smart wrote:
> Leythos wrote:
>> In article <untqnrCbFHA.4040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> dontemailme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>>
>>> I believe in an absolute
>>> right to free speech, and will not stand aside quietly when I see
>>> someone trying to infringe on it.
>>
>>
>> Free speech is about the message and getting it to the public, right?
>>
>> How does being rude equate to the right to free speech - since the
>> same message can be presented without being rude, what does being
>> rude add to the message?
>>
>> Why should being rude be tolerated when the message could be given
>> without disrespect?
>>
>> (don't take these examples as directed at you): I could say "I
>> disagree with you", or I could say "you're a fricking moron ***
>> baby that's completely wrong" - both messages say the same thing,
>> but one is rude and one is polite.
>
> This would be my view - I never see the need to be rude myself.
>
>>
>> As an American Military person, I served my country for your rights,
>> and I love free speech, but why do people feel they have to be rude
>> and disrespectful when talking with someone?
>
> I suspect because either a) they think it's clever, or sometimes b)
> because, and I think this is worth considering, they have one of the
> conditions (like some of the autism spectrum disorders or tourette's)
> where they genuinely don't realise that their response is
> inappropriate.

LOL! Ever consider that is just the way they are. Those that get upset
over mere words, in my opinion, are the ones with the problem!

I am not asking you to conform to my manner, am I?

But that is exactly what you are asking of me, to conform to you view of
what is polite!

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