Obama's Rhetoric is the Real Catastrophe

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

Well, I guess all I was trying to suggest is that some of us may talk more freely online than we would in real life.

You are choosing to engage discussing things with me. I choose to respond.

I speak freely no matter what media I use. I have been trained to show that parity wherever I go.

But you do bring up an interesting point, why is what you write brings more weight to the "conversation" than what you say publicly? I am attempting to research that concept myself...

I am not a communications expert. No way, no how...

And that's just me as a person... People that have gotten to know me personally from online media have made their own determinations... You would have to ask them. Some people will NEVER know me personally or otherwise. So they choose to believe whatever they want. So what?

Please expound if I did not answer your question. Thanks.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

You are choosing to engage discussing things with me. I choose to respond.

LOL

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

LOL

So you want another session DrPhil with me?

Dr AKA_Monet...

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

So you want another session DrPhil with me?

Dr AKA_Monet...

LOL Does it have to be serious?

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

LOL Does it have to be serious?

Well, that means to me you are choosing to engage in a conversation with me. What that means to me is you are choosing to have another session with me, DrPhil...

We are NOT friends or buddies. I do not trust you. So, any interaction I have with you is serious...

That is how I "roll"...

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

Well, that means to me you are choosing to engage in a conversation with me. What that means to me is you are choosing to have another session with me, DrPhil...

We are NOT friends or buddies. I do not trust you. So, any interaction I have with you is serious...

That is how I "roll"...

LOL

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

LOL

What is it that you find so "laugh out loud" funny? Share?

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

You are choosing to engage discussing things with me. I choose to respond.

I speak freely no matter what media I use. I have been trained to show that parity wherever I go.

But you do bring up an interesting point, why is what you write brings more weight to the "conversation" than what you say publicly? I am attempting to research that concept myself...

I am not a communications expert. No way, no how...

And that's just me as a person... People that have gotten to know me personally from online media have made their own determinations... You would have to ask them. Some people will NEVER know me personally or otherwise. So they choose to believe whatever they want. So what?

Please expound if I did not answer your question. Thanks.

Yeah, I think everyone here is a willing participant and that's why we talk about what we talk about. In real life, it can be harder not to put people on the spot.

I talk pretty freely too, but I think I occasionally think before I speak more in real life about how what I say may permanently affect my relationships with other people. It matters more to me in real life that a person has become upset or angry than it matters here. I care about other people's comfort; on GreekChat, I assume that if you're in the news and politics forum, you like to mix it up.

There's also a matter of risk that exist when we talk about race or class or gender in real life. Some people are interested in classifying others and treating them differently based on that classification. Here, there are very few consequences.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

I talk pretty freely too, but I think I occasionally think before I speak more in real life about how what I say may permanently affect my relationships with other people. It matters more to me in real life that a person has become upset or angry than it matters here. I care about other people's comfort; on GreekChat, I assume that if you're in the news and politics forum, you like to mix it up.

There's also a matter of risk that exist when we talk about race or class or gender in real life. Some people are interested in classifying others and treating them differently based on that classification. Here, there are very few consequences.

No slight to you but I would like to believe that you think before you say anything regardless of the medium.

I don't think there is that much difference on how some feel whether in real life on on the boards.

There is always risk but if you are willing to take it depends on what reward you are looking for in the final outcome...agreed?

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

No slight to you but I would like to believe that you think before you say anything regardless of the medium.

I don't think there is that much difference on how some feel whether in real life on on the boards.

There is always risk but if you are willing to take it depends on what reward you are looking for in the final outcome...agreed?

Maybe there shouldn't be, but for me there is. If we worked together, and you were really worked up about that cartoon, I'd point out what I thought it was referring to one time, and then, your emotional intensity would carry the day. It wouldn't be worth it to me to upset you more by continuing to talk about it and disagree.

I wouldn't pretend that I agreed, but I'd try to find common ground to validate you as a person (maybe by acknowledging one of the intentional monkey comparisons) vs. staying with the seemingly irrational to me political or topical point.

I think I'm a much more agreeable person in real life than I am here, but then, I'd almost have to be.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

Maybe there shouldn't be, but for me there is. If we worked together, and you were really worked up about that cartoon, I'd point out what I thought it was referring to one time, and then, your emotional intensity would carry the day. It wouldn't be worth it to me to upset you more by continuing to talk about it and disagree.

I wouldn't pretend that I agreed, but I'd try to find common ground to validate you as a person (maybe by acknowledging one of the intentional monkey comparisons) vs. staying with the seemingly irrational to me political or topical point.

I think I'm a much more agreeable person in real life than I am here, but then, I'd almost have to be.

Then again, that would depend on what kind of associates we are right?

How well you knew me and so on.

And I am pretty much the same way...we could talk about it (in real time) make our points and move on and probably come to an amicable POV and continue...here is the kicker...what about beyond work?

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Then again, that would depend on what kind of associates we are right?

How well you knew me and so on.

And I am pretty much the same way...we could talk about it (in real time) make our points and move on and probably come to an amicable POV and continue...here is the kicker...what about beyond work?

It would be the same beyond work, except that my social universe is 75-85 percent based on work. And I think Holder's take is pretty accurate that most of us are pretty segregated in our purely social lives. Not deliberately or consciously, for most of us, but it works out that way.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

It would be the same beyond work, except that my social universe is 75-85 percent based on work. And I think Holder's take is pretty accurate that most of us are pretty segregated in our purely social lives. Not deliberately or consciously, for most of us, but it works out that way.

Don't take this the wrong way, but I am shocked that we agree on that.

Many of the commentators were taken aback by his statement.

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

Yeah, I think everyone here is a willing participant and that's why we talk about what we talk about. In real life, it can be harder not to put people on the spot.

I talk pretty freely too, but I think I occasionally think before I speak more in real life about how what I say may permanently affect my relationships with other people. It matters more to me in real life that a person has become upset or angry than it matters here. I care about other people's comfort; on GreekChat, I assume that if you're in the news and politics forum, you like to mix it up.

There's also a matter of risk that exist when we talk about race or class or gender in real life. Some people are interested in classifying others and treating them differently based on that classification. Here, there are very few consequences.

Describe to me what you mean by thinking before one speaks in real life?

I do not share your sentiments about the news and politics forum.

Be mindful of what you say on the internet, more often than not, it comes to bite you when you least expect it...

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

Describe to me what you mean by thinking before one speaks in real life?

I do not share your sentiments about the news and politics forum.

Be mindful of what you say on the internet, more often than not, it comes to bite you when you least expect it...

(I'm using generic "you" here)
If you were someone I saw everyday, especially if you were someone that I saw everyday and liked, I wouldn't jump as readily to criticize your political or social opinions, especially without more regard for how I expressed my disagreement.

Since this forum exists for us to talk and debate about stuff, I assume that people are interested in debate and might even enjoy disagreement for the sake of teasing out and strengthening their own opinions.

I don't think I've ever said anything I'd be completely ashamed of online or anything (well, if I thought long enough, I'm sure I could think of something), but sometimes I post without considering things as much as I would if I were sending out a neighborhood newsletter.