How Do You Deal With Vitriol?

American Clarion ^ | December 7, 2013 | Zorek Richards

[Zeneta]

Saying something at a table or bar doesn’t have the same weight

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You haven’t sat at the bar with me.

[reasonisfaith]

The answer to the question cannot be other than truth.

Reality cannot be contrary to truth. (Reality cannot be contrary to truth.)

Yes, vitriol is the condition of our hearts, all of us. But there is one way to overcome it.

If you accept that Jesus Christ is who he says he is, and if your belief is from the heart, then you will seek to know him through the word of God.

The Lord tells us to “bless those who curse you, pray for those who spitefully use you.” (Luke 6:28) There is no escape from this.

Richards is right—the worst enemy of evil is reality. But reality is the same as truth. So the answer is tell them the truth, do it with love (real love, strong like what Paul showed, not the soap opera stuff we’ve learned from television) and this will overcome our natural passion for spite and revenge.

[reasonisfaith]

This sort of truth telling does not come from us, and it is not a thing. It is a person—the Lord himself—acting through us.

[Irish Queen]

Liberals tend to become uneasy with comments not supporting their firmly held beliefs. One technique a dedicated liberal uses to avoid debate is what I call the parting shot.

First example: At a neighborhood block party Obamacare came up for discussion. Several people voiced concern over its affordability.

Libby Liberal declared, "Everybody should stop worrying because Obama has promised to make everything better.

Someone else answered, "But I don't want to pay for all the illegals."

Libby Liberal replied, "Stop! I don't want to hear about that, I'm an immigrant too." (She had come with her family from Australia at the age of two.)

I said, "Let me tell you a funny thing my green card bearing housekeeper said. While in the kitchen Elena overheard a friend and I discussing a mutual friend who was closing her insurance agency.

Libby stood, "Stop, stop, stop why would I want to hear anything your maid said." She made a fast exit from the patio. p> I continued speaking, "Elena rushed into the dining room and slammed her hands on the table declaring, "Obamacare, bleh!"

Second example: My husband and I were seated with six others in a cruise ship dining room. One couple was from Toronto Canada. When the subject of government health care came up, I repeated what my housekeeper had said.

The the Canadian woman got up and said, "Come Ian, I don't want dessert. You must have made that up. No poor immigrant person would every say that. We visited Los Angeles last summer, and I will never forget all those poor, uncared for children without proper food or medical care. Ian, we are leaving."

After the couple left my sweet hubby replied, "Poor Ian."

Yes, there some self-described progressives who love a good debate, but most toss a snowball or two of their opinions and then runaway.

[Chode]

the other side sucks...

[WXRGina]

Then there’s that. :-)

[Dysart]

[WXRGina]

Ooooh! Nice ones!

[mom of young patriots]

I hear you. I’ve drawn my share of fire on FR too. I have since learned that I have got to be the adult in the room when the other person is throwing a keyboard temper tantrum. It certainly doesn’t feel good to let them get the last word, inevitably an insult, but it will at least shut them down. Small minded people enjoy bating others and the game collapses when their target ignores them.

I am getting better at picking the unstable ones and try to leave the gauntlets where they lie. I enjoy trading ideas and having intelligent discourse which can include respectful disagreements, but that is impossible when the other person is irrational.