It's the arrogance and condescension that I'm talking about, not threatening or anything. It did seem to be something you aren't really intentionally throwing out there. Good to know you are self aware about it.<br>
<br>I think telling someone they are embarrassing themselves by trying to engage in a discourse isn't civil, that's all.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:02 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brunians@brunians.org">brunians@brunians.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">> For someone who continually tries to intimate that they maintain a civil<br>
> level of discourse on these matters, you nearly always come off as<br>
> horribly condescending, brunians, truly. I say this not to be rude, but<br>
> to point out something that is patently obvious to most on this board, I<br>
> think. It's something to examine, I think.<br>
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</div>Yeah, it's true.<br>
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Apparently it has something to do with my neurological architecture: I<br>
have Asberger's syndrome or some other form of high functioning autism. It<br>
gets in the way sometimes, sometimes I think it is sort of cool.<br>
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I am also plenty arrogant, make no mistake, and often have to remind<br>
myself that I know almost nothing and am frequently wrong.<br>
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What I don't do is call people names, threaten people, or posture hostile<br>
emotions at them - or if I do I acknowledge in advance that I am wrong to<br>
do so, and if you point out a specific instance when I have done so I will<br>
apologize. That's what I mean by maintaining a civil discourse, basically.<br>
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Socrates and Henry Mencken are among my literary heros. What can I say?<br>
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But enough about me.<br>
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