SL:
If you are sitting on a bench and i spit at you and then your friend spits at me, your friend and I are not both guilty of the same behaviors.
Agreed (although two wrongs still don’t make a right). But here’s the thing – nowhere did I spit at zdad. Sure, I vehemently disagreed with his opinion, but I did not insult him, I did not “target” him personally, and I did not cast aspersions as to what his motives are.
Here in the CR, sometimes the the more “left-wing” posters can be a bit quick to assume that the “right-wingers” are attacking somebody personally when that’s not necessarily the case. (And the RWers are indeed sometimes a bit quick to assume the LWers are attacking articles of faith or practices which they hold dear.) And while neither of these generalizations have no basis in reality, I strongly believe that each post and each poster should be evaluated and responded to based on their own merits.
I enjoy an intellectual back and forth as much (if not more) than the next CRer; especially when we’re discussing things that actually matter. I am passionate about what I believe in, and I will defend it accordingly. But nowhere did I mean for this conversation, or any other, to turn into personal mud-slinging. I thought I had made that clear till now, in this topic and in every other; but if not, then let this clear the water.
NC:
I really hope no argument persists between mw and Syag
+1