Comments on: Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?

By: Jon Bishop

Jon Bishop — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:21:46 +0000

Thanks for your comment Sterling.

I think it is important to put on a friendly face as often as possible both in life and on the internet. Thanks again for commenting.

By: Sterling Lynch

Sterling Lynch — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:34:55 +0000

Excellent observations, and relevant to all aspects of life.

As you point out, we all come from different micro-cultures and we are all apt to interpret certain expressions or behavior differently.

In 98% of all cases, if you assume a person is not trying to be adversarial and if you look for points of agreement, you will realize there is very little disagreement and the relevant commentator is well-intentioned.

Of course, there always will be some exceptions to this rule (the 2% of people who really are being nasty or who are too clueless to understand that they are nasty), but those people will be easily identified if you respond charitably to them and they continue to be nasty. If that happens, ignore him or her. There are too many well-intentioned people out there to bother with the nasty unnecessarily.

Thanks again for your thoughts!

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By: Jenn

Jenn — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:45:51 +0000

Great post! I’m totally guilty of this, but sometimes I don’t remember that the internet takes away tone and it’s hard to judge plain text.