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Originally Posted by shalym
and I know that there is no law against a person being an ass and continuing to talk to someone who is trying to do something else, but it absolutely does mean that the ass is being an ass.
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*sigh*
Only if one agrees with your notion that that behavior automatically makes someone an ass. I choose to believe (until proven beyond a shadow of a doubt otherwise) that that sort of behavior merely makes someone "not me." I refuse to accept the notion that anyone who doesn't hold the same things dear that I hold dear; that anyone who doesn't have the exact same boundaries as I have; that anyone who isn't as in tune with social "clues" as I may believe myself to be; that anyone who talks out of nervousness, or habit, or for purposes of self-therapy is automatically an ass. I'm perfectly willing to allow people to be "not me" without hating them, or fearing them, or letting myself be continually annoyed by them.