Posted by Sigismund on April 7, 2008, at 2:58:13
In reply to Re: Conflicts, posted by Dr. Bob on April 6, 2008, at 22:57:35
>But don't conflicts between viewpoints also sometimes lead to conflicts between the people who hold them?
Yes.
I have been meaning to go back in the archives and look at people's posts around 9/11 and the second Bush election, just to see.
But people who have strongly differing opinions do not neccessarily hurt each other badly.
IMO, the kinds of differences (and hurt) that happen on Faith and Politics are buffered by the awareness that different viewpoints preclude each other's validity.
I think what really hurts people is being excluded, shunned or made(?) to feel put down.
There are people I have spoken to civilly on Faith and Politics whom I never expected to agree with, but that was factored in.
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