Reply #34: communicating with Freepers = bad, labelling Freepers = good

[sangh0]

if you are truly able to see into the minds of all those who say they are Greens and truly know that, just because they don't plan to vote for Kerry, they are "Freepers and disruptors", then perhaps your point is valid ... but how can you know this to be the case in ALL cases ... it is just as easy to be nice and make strong, coherent arguments as it is to be snotty ...

I don't have to read minds when I can observe behavior. Also, your use of the word "snotty" would seem to contradict your desire to communicate. The same goes for the way you accused me of reading people's minds.

but how can you know this to be the case in ALL cases

I did say "some/most", not ALL. For someone who wants to communicate, you've done a poor job of reading what I've written.

the point i raised was that i think you are often confrontational on DU to those who disagree with you ... perhaps this stems from your assumption that many of those who do are Freepers ... i would be surprised to learn that what i perceive to be a confrontational style has met with success in "convincing scores of people to vote Dem"

Then you missed the point of my last sentence. Showing people how to fight helps convince them that they should fight along with you.

i suspect that those you converted were converted because of themes you articulated, not because you called them Freepers and disruptors

Nope. Some of the people I converted were talking about what a great team Bush* had behind him on 9/12. Then I got to them.

They don't say that anymore. Now, they're offering Hitler comparisons. And they applaud when I let local Bush*-bots have it.