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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
*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.
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So if someone is nervous and soothes themselves by nervously talking, we should excuse them? What about the fact that I get stressed out by strangers trying to make small talk? Wait...that's different, right? I shouldn't be excused for wanting to be left alone because...why?
If I should have to deal with strangers making small talk, why shouldn't they have to deal with me wanting to be left alone? Yes...I'm in a public place, but unfortunately I can't afford to take a private plane, or to buy up all of the seats around me.
Shari