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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 8759371" data-attributes="member: 59082">Again, saying you disagree with someone's interpretation is not &quot;telling people they're not experiencing what they say they're experiencing.&quot; It is saying, &quot;I disagree with your interpretation.&quot; I do hear what you and others are saying, which boils down to &quot;the medium is the message.&quot; But I think that only goes so far, and we can't invalidate a perspective simply by saying &quot;But they said it in a bad way, therefore I can ignore what they're saying, because it wasn't served just right.&quot;Examining oneself is a good rule of thumb for all of us, as is questioning one's assumptions. These are things that I do all the time. But just as you want others to examine themselves and come to a &quot;better way to see things&quot; (meaning, your way), so too should you do the same. I mean, we can all, always see things in a better way; the onus is on us to evolve our own perspective, rather than focus on whether or not other people are examining themselves and recognizing how wrong they are. All we can do is engage in dialogue, and hope that we get our own view across, while continuing to evolve our own. Or at least that's my approach!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 8759371, member: 59082"] Again, saying you disagree with someone's interpretation is not "telling people they're not experiencing what they say they're experiencing." It is saying, "I disagree with your interpretation." I do hear what you and others are saying, which boils down to "the medium is the message." But I think that only goes so far, and we can't invalidate a perspective simply by saying "But they said it in a bad way, therefore I can ignore what they're saying, because it wasn't served just right." Examining oneself is a good rule of thumb for all of us, as is questioning one's assumptions. These are things that I do all the time. But just as you want others to examine themselves and come to a "better way to see things" (meaning, your way), so too should you do the same. I mean, we can all, always see things in a better way; the onus is on us to evolve our own perspective, rather than focus on whether or not other people are examining themselves and recognizing how wrong they are. All we can do is engage in dialogue, and hope that we get our own view across, while continuing to evolve our own. Or at least that's my approach! [/QUOTE]

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