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Originally Posted by zeek
I'm telling you what I see. It's just my opinion, like your impressions of Harold and whatever else are yours. What you do with the information is your business. If you think that either your view or mine is more than that, then we disagree.
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Everyone has opinions. But all are not created equal. The facts and the Lord witness with some more than others. All we can do is try to be tuned into them and Him. Still from a personal perspective we should not consider our own opinions privileged.
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I suppose that you see yourself as a straight-shooter who tells it like it is and lets the chips fall where they may. So be it.
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To me that's the only way to be on these forums. They don't lend themselves to subtlety and inflection, nor to thin skin.
If you observe the behavior of internet trolls, they always deal in shades of meaning that can be taken more than one way, to maintain plausible deniability. They suggest and imply and skirt the edges of taunting. They speak truth with the intent of lying. They pat you on the back while sticking a knife in your ribs.
In short they do everything but shoot straight. That's the last thing I want to be. I'm sure I have and will offend some people. But if I ever genuinely hurt someone I'll be first to apologize, and have.