My approach is that if someone is being an asshole and they are in my way, I will say, "Get out of the way, asshole". It is the asshole who creates themselves that way, and identifies with that behavior, so it is entirely appropriate to call them out, personally, for such behavior, and to dislike them for it, as long as they continue being offensive.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > My guess is we've all done wrong and or stupid stuff at some point in our > lives including lying and physically hurting others even those we love. So I > vote for pragmatic and universal compassion. Just to be clear, by pragmatic > compassion I don't mean the allowing of abuse. I mean something along the > lines of hate the wrong doing, have compassion for the wrong doer but don't > allow them to continue wrong doing. For yourself, steer clear of abusive > behavior and do what's necessary to protect those who aren't able to protect > themselves. >
