The Motives of Activists

[Shin'Ar]

There really isn't any point in me trying to discuss the broader issues of this problem, if the broader issues do not matter to anyone else but me.

LOL! We spent over 3 years and 411,338 posts delving deeply into "broader issues."

I seem to be a thorn in the side of beloved bias here.

No, not at all. You are entitled to your opinions, just as everyone else is. We were just puzzled as to why you seem fixated on pointing out violent extremism when none of us are violent extremists.

It's kinda like all of us are gathered together discussing ways we can get to the root issues that can promote world peace, and you keep saying "but there are terrorists!" Well yes of course there are terrorists. And the best way to eliminate terrorists is for the rest of us to do what we can to address the underlying problems. The terrorists have their own karma and we can't control them. But we can do our part to address the underlying issues that spawn violence in the first place.

Well said, Monica.

I'm not sure why those here who have compassion for the animal kingdom have repeatedly been perceived as (and accused of being) extremists. :-/

Now you see there! How is it that my trying to point out how extreme activism, and the fact that much of that sort of thing exists in the world, which should not be a shock to any intelligent observant person, gets twisted into the suggestion that I am accusing anyone here of being such?

Where did I say anything that pointed to anyone here as an extremist?

In my mind, either that remark is made deliberately to degrade what I have said because it is a burden to you that you do not want to consider, or you really did interpret something that I said in here as being distinctly accusation. If the latter is the case than I suggest you read what I have been saying all along and try to find a point where I made such a deliberate accusation toward someone, or if it is the first case than I cannot help you there. you will twist things in whatever way you choose to twist them irregardless of my insistence on your error.

And if it was someone else that made such accusations toward you then may I suggest that you make sure that your posts indicate rather then the way they seem to be directed here.