Comments on: Across the Great Divide

By: Blessed

Blessed — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:54:46 +0000

One reason I like the forum of blogging – it makes it a little easier to meet and interact with people you might not otherwise meet and interact with – just because of the different “labels” you might be assigned that would separate you in your normal social circles.

By: The Hunter's Wife

The Hunter's Wife — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:21:23 +0000

I think we all can say we perceive someone to be a certain type of person based on first impressions and from what little we know about a person. Whether that’s right or wrong. Not everyone is going to like you or agree with you. That’s just the way it is.

I’d liked to think building good relationships are based on really getting to know a person. If there are those that are solely going to distance themselves from you from knowing very little about you, that wouldn’t be the kind of relationship I would want to have anyway.

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:24:15 +0000

Kristine, good post! Dealing with people that label you is never easy. Growing up in Utah as a Mormon woman and later leaving the church – I became what the church calls “disenfranchised.” A seemingly harmless label unless you understand the culture in my geography. A positive label in one group can be a negative label in another…and we are never just the sum of all of the labels we are given by any group! Well spoken~

If you get a chance I posted a thank you to you on my blog yesterday. Appreciate all you do!

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:02:00 +0000

Comment I would have to say Kristine that you sure seem fired up and your venting very nicely.
I have to be honest, I am a little confused about the main reason for your post so I am kind of winging it on my comment.
If I am correct I would have to say that who cares what other people think. What matters is you are using your god given right to voice your opinions. Having a good healthy debate is fine as long as everyone involved keeps an open mind.
I have always said and still do that if I feel strongly about something and I am voicing my views there are two options for everyone else. Either talk to me and share your thoughts or go away and don’t listen.
I am always open to suggestions.
I hope this makes sense and if not send me a note.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:23:29 +0000

I actually like talking with people who don’t agree with me. I think that is what makes life interesting. I mean it’s easy to hang out with people who have similar views as you do, but is it as rewarding?

I love a good conversation, and a good debate, and I’m proud to say that a lot of the people who I consider friends don’t agree with my beliefs on a lot of things. But so what. That is what makes the world so unique.

If all of us, even those of us who have similar beliefs but choose to nit pick at our minor differences, would just take a minute to listen, it would go along way to help accomplish our goals.

Great post, Kristine.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Your post rings very true for me. It’s all too easy to try to distill the complexity of the world into the simplicity of hollywood black and white, good and evil, them and us. I wished more people would realize that life and people in it are so much more complex with so many more ranges of grey than we see on our TV shows. I wished more of us would try to reach out to each other and truly get to know each other rather than focusing on the labels and the divisions.