tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post4354318706910413400..comments2023-12-28T18:05:33.260+13:00Comments on AStrangerInGodzone: How Not to Respond to CriticismStrangerInGodzonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01092023230098316617noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-10532624967762692212013-06-22T18:39:43.686+12:002013-06-22T18:39:43.686+12:00Great comments all. I think it's important to ...Great comments all. I think it's important to remember that the emotional and rational minds are two very different things. How the message is delivered is key to how the other person responds. If they feel threatened in any way, you have lost them. Generally, it's a good idea to avoid highly emotional topics like religion unless you know people very well. Matters of faith are highly CJShahmerannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-36635083139023309532012-04-01T02:11:58.899+12:002012-04-01T02:11:58.899+12:00Oh, it's a hard, hard feat. I so know!It'...Oh, it's a hard, hard feat. I so know!It's funny how I can say this to you about an argument that I have no emotional investment in (because I didn't see it) but then in the very same day get all mired down in the same sort of thing about something else myself! I don't think you were condenscending, nor do I think I usually am. We just don't understand when our side seems toQuiet Contemplationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14667867394641955283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-28376076572116520632012-03-31T23:11:54.549+13:002012-03-31T23:11:54.549+13:00Yeah, i know... (she says, with embarrassment), th...Yeah, i know... (she says, with embarrassment), that's why i said i should have known better!! Maybe i planted a few seeds, but i doubt they will flourish. <br />And yes, as an aspie i do find it hard to not correct what i see as incorrect statements! I don't think i was talking to them with condescension tho, just trying to bring a little balance into a skewed dialogue. I guess tho i StrangerInGodzonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01092023230098316617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-73749861976051293412012-03-29T01:53:09.167+13:002012-03-29T01:53:09.167+13:00I understand what you're saying so fully, but ...I understand what you're saying so fully, but I think the other person has to be in a place to receive the info you're trying to give them. If they concede to one part of their belief system being wrong, then more will have to follow, because usually the beliefs are intertwined together. Sometimes, people aren't in a place to handle that sort of thing, so we have to peacefully, Quiet Contemplationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14667867394641955283noreply@blogger.com