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Originally Posted by pelathais
And the longer the list, the more likely it will be that you are "offended" again and again. Some people learn to actually feed off the offenses. Others wise up and grow spiritually. Still others are morose or embittered for years.
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There is no offense on my part indicated in my last post. I am not offended at all... moreso, I am disconcerted. Disconcerted in the fact that conservatives, for whatever reason, cannot find the common thread to unite them. Not that they have no common thread, but that they cannot seem to find it. As has been stated time and time again, liberals can disagree on 9 out of 10 issues, but they will rally about the one issue that they agree on. Conservatives, on the other hand, can agree on 9 out of 10 issues, and divide over the one issue they disagree on. This is all I was pointing out P. I have no problem with conservative positions as long as they are consistent. In fact I truly appreciate them. What I cannot appreciate is the intolerance in many cases that is demonstrated from conservatives toward the slight variations of interpretations and applications.
P.S. I am rereading your post here... and think I have not fully understood what you are trying to say. But I think after having reread it a couple of times, I am getting the gist. Are you saying that the UC's introduce the lists of rules in their own subconsciense to ensure that someone will "offend" at some point? Thus giving them fodder for "preaching"? (or something like that)... but other actually learn to grow past that mentality?
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