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is acceptance really that hard???

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We all agree that at least some people in society don't or can't accept us because we share this illness that at times ravages our bodies and minds. This ought to be the one place where we are able to accept each other - ALL of each other, the good the bad, and the parts we don't understand. Is that so hard? Why do we have to knock someone else's choices or values? Don't we have to deal with enough of that kind of crap outside of the DS world? Instead of trying to prove each other wrong or stupid, why don't we just keep our eyes on the ball and help each other?
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Some people feel that they must injure other people in order to make themselves feel worthwhile. I am sorry that it has to bee this way, but whether they are "normal", depressed, BP or a different hair color than most, they will feel this way until the issue is resolved.

What a shame not everyone can do as you suggest and just get along.
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Now this is a subject that I have on several occassions recently in several different forms tried to address...See my journal...When a fellow beeper cant accept yoou what hope do you have in the real world...It comes down to what I keep saying if you have something to add then d so otherwise leave it alone...I gain no pleasur at all from watching others being made to look like complete arse or being torn down simply because you dont agree with their opinions...
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Amen Luri! I'm with you!
computerbob1
computerbob1
I agree. I am new here this month and I don't see any point in debating religion here. It seems to get out of hand quickly and mud starts flinging.
It is a comfort for some and not for others. Let it go at that. It seems important for some to tear down something for the sake of an argument that can hurt anothers life long belief. I don't the know the solution.
computerbob1
computerbob1
I think Johnette has the solution. When I belonged to support groups at Yahoo, the rule was to stay positive.
At least this would be a safer place than the outside world.
deleted_user
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actually bob tht has been one of our better debates although it wasnt religion as such it was faith and believe...and the tearing down, arguing and belittling someone can happen in any thread in here...
computerbob1
computerbob1
yes, I have seen it in other threads too.
deleted_user
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the nature of the beast I suppose but it is sad to see/read...
deleted_user
deleted_user
It would appear from a little cruise of the other groups I have joined that Beepers is not the only one where there is unhappiness and nasty tings going on...
tommymott
tommymott
The crux of the matter is that we cannot change another person. We can only change ourselves. We can be accepting but we can't convince another person to be accepting. And if we refuse to be accepting there's nothing anyone else can say to make us so. If we're fortunate we remain calm and don't lose our tempers so we don't add to the general unrest that is life.
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Or we are smart enough to walk away, tommy----a hard thing to do sometimes, too.
deleted_user
deleted_user
very good point tommymott. We can't force people to think the way we do or to be tolerant of our thoughts. I guess in the end we are just responsibible for our own acceptance or lack thereof of others.
deleted_user
deleted_user
You say they ought to accept us?

Shangra-la doesn't exist here on Earth.
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Mean people suck.
deleted_user
deleted_user
jstreet---yes, they do and it is a shame that they have to display that meanness where it can really hurt someone who is vulnerable.
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