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In reply to the discussion: So why exactly is "tone" or "approach" more important than actual issues that affect us all? [View all]Shandris
(3,447 posts)...referring more to 'tone' in a broad, conversational sense, not a specific answer to posts on DU-type sense. I don't think, even in a large-view term, that we need to be nice about the ugliness of the world; like I said to Seabeyond, I was referring to a state of conversation, where people are openly communicating respectfully. You can describe the ugliness of the world, or even the ugliness of people, and still be in that state, and in a broad-view sense I fear its an area we sometimes lack in (myself included) that hurts us. That's what I meant by 'allies' -- people that we are trying to make see our way, ideologically speaking. The non-Democrats, the undecided, the uninformed, even the repentant conservative.
But as regards the frustrations with the advantaged, I can sympathize. Oh, lord, can I sympathize.