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1 posted on 03/30/2016 3:31:58 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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You are so right, Jim!


60 posted on 03/30/2016 4:01:33 PM PDT by Gritty (Freedom begins with speaking truth. A muzzle is a muzzle even if it is made of silk.-Viktor Orban)
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I’d invert this. Typically the person who personalizes it is trying to start a flame war, so the best way to avoid one is to walk away as soon as the OTHER person says “you”.


61 posted on 03/30/2016 4:02:36 PM PDT by discostu (This unit not labeled for individual sale)
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I’m waiting for Jim Thompson’s reply.


64 posted on 03/30/2016 4:03:26 PM PDT by Mark (Obama Care is now DEMOCRAT CARE)
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Yes that is when it goes personal, becomes about the poster instead of the issues. The final default action is the ad hominem.


65 posted on 03/30/2016 4:03:45 PM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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Never use the word "you" in a reply.

You nailed it.

Oh, wait....

67 posted on 03/30/2016 4:04:26 PM PDT by Lazamataz (This is Satan's time, filled with madness, bloodlust, and despair.)
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You can't possibly be serious, can you?

Whoops, that's twice

68 posted on 03/30/2016 4:04:27 PM PDT by terycarl (COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVER ALL)
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You always say that...at least a million times...


70 posted on 03/30/2016 4:05:51 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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YOU must be a Trumpist


71 posted on 03/30/2016 4:05:53 PM PDT by calico_thompson (Vanity sarcasm)
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YOU have to be a Cruzer


72 posted on 03/30/2016 4:06:10 PM PDT by calico_thompson (Vanity sarcasm)
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“How to avoid 90% of flamewars — Never use the word “you” in a reply.”
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True dat ... along with refraining from posting anonymous & bogus slanders picked up from the Internet or the Twitterverse.


73 posted on 03/30/2016 4:06:33 PM PDT by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose)
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Bump!


74 posted on 03/30/2016 4:09:00 PM PDT by jazusamo (When judges act like whores, they can hardly expect to be treated like nuns: Thomas Sowell)
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Never use the word “you” in a reply.

...

The first time I ever came across such advice was in a book by Ben Franklin. Great advice.


75 posted on 03/30/2016 4:09:10 PM PDT by Moonman62 (TMake America Great Again!)
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“How to avoid 90% of flamewars”

What fun would that be?


83 posted on 03/30/2016 4:26:03 PM PDT by aquila48
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Dear Jim,

This is how i begin my responses, most of the time.

When i make a reply, to another freeper posting,
i address them directly, with statement in question,
poised as an ‘re:’

‘You’ is very ambiguous.


84 posted on 03/30/2016 4:26:27 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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Waiting for Humblegunner to complain about something.....


85 posted on 03/30/2016 4:32:27 PM PDT by Mogger (Independence, better fuel economy and performance with American made synthetic oil.)
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You terrific man you! :o)


86 posted on 03/30/2016 4:32:58 PM PDT by Twinkie (MORATORIUM ON MIGRANTS!)
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You got that right!


87 posted on 03/30/2016 4:34:57 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Democrats bait then switch; their fishy voters buy it every time.)
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I find an occasional “nugatory” or “didgeridoo” useful for flame control.


88 posted on 03/30/2016 4:35:21 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy
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Thanks for the advice


89 posted on 03/30/2016 4:35:59 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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This subject is, from a distance, humorous.
To me it is like two starving men at a buffet fighting it out over which is better, the roast beef or the turkey.
And I might add the ‘perfect’ is the enemy of the ‘great’.


90 posted on 03/30/2016 4:36:00 PM PDT by glasseye
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