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[raybear]

Why do I get so obsessive about discussions with people I don't know? Don't get me wrong -- I'm enjoying the majority of the discussion, but I get so easily perturbed and snotty about people trying to join the discourse who don't know what's actually being discussed. There's a place for those explanations, but not DURING the discussions. It's such a white way of thinking, to demand that something be explained/justified to you.

And for some reason, I started thinking of the play "Death and the Maiden", where at the end, the female lead is so enraged about her inability to exact revenge on her torturer, and her frustration about why it's always the responsibility of the opressed person to stop the cycle, and take the higher ground.

I need to stop getting angry so quickly, because I know it's not an effective way to dialogue with people. But sometimes, I don't even want to talk to them, if I'm not in the mood to "educate".

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[raybear.livejournal.com]

I also posted a bitchy comment in Fairlee99's journal -- not TO her of course, but to one of the ignorant comment-makers. I probably managed to completely alienate the person, but oh well.