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How to avoid 90% of flamewars

Posted on 03/30/2016 3:31:58 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

Never use the word "you" in a reply.


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1 posted on 03/30/2016 3:31:58 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson

This is so true.


2 posted on 03/30/2016 3:32:48 PM PDT by Auntie Mame (Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
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To: Jim Robinson

+1


3 posted on 03/30/2016 3:33:20 PM PDT by Jemian
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To: Jim Robinson

You talkin’ to me?


4 posted on 03/30/2016 3:33:26 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Jim Robinson

You think? Dang, I already failed :D


5 posted on 03/30/2016 3:34:23 PM PDT by corlorde
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To: smokingfrog

LOL!

+1


6 posted on 03/30/2016 3:34:29 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: smokingfrog

I’m posting here.


7 posted on 03/30/2016 3:34:33 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: smokingfrog

No, Hugh


8 posted on 03/30/2016 3:34:34 PM PDT by Bulwinkle (Alec, a.k.a. Daffy Duck)
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BTTT!


9 posted on 03/30/2016 3:34:58 PM PDT by Natty Bumppo@frontier.net (We are the dangerous ones, who stand between all we love and a more dangerous world.)
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To: Jim Robinson

You could be right! Oops!!


10 posted on 03/30/2016 3:35:03 PM PDT by Drago
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I don’t understand the animosity. I’m equally happy with Trump or Cruz, although I prefer Trump.

Hitlary or Rumplehair MUST be stopped.


11 posted on 03/30/2016 3:35:16 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (www.greenhornshooting.com - Professional handgun training.)
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To: smokingfrog

No, Hugh


12 posted on 03/30/2016 3:35:24 PM PDT by Bulwinkle (Alec, a.k.a. Daffy Duck)
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To: Jim Robinson
YOU are so right...

I mean, Mr. Robinson you're right...

13 posted on 03/30/2016 3:35:33 PM PDT by fatez (Ya, well, you know, that's just your opinion man...)
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To: Jim Robinson

I feel a privilege check come on ... for using the word “you” /h


14 posted on 03/30/2016 3:35:53 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (...)
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To: Jim Robinson

You bet.


15 posted on 03/30/2016 3:36:04 PM PDT by refreshed
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That is precisely the reason I often use the word "one" rather than "you" in online forums.
The word "you" can often be completely misinterpreted. Excellent post, Jim Robinson.


16 posted on 03/30/2016 3:36:08 PM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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You don’t say?


17 posted on 03/30/2016 3:36:20 PM PDT by null and void ("when authority began inspiring contempt, it had stopped being authority" ~ H. Beam Piper)
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To: Jim Robinson

Are you sure?


18 posted on 03/30/2016 3:37:04 PM PDT by PJBankard (Donald Trump is the Honey Badger of Politics)
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I see what you did there.


19 posted on 03/30/2016 3:37:09 PM PDT by McGruff (We don't need another JFK)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Amen.

And that reminds me of some other good advice:

“Avoid the clap.” ~~Jimmy Dugan


20 posted on 03/30/2016 3:37:12 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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