Point taken and reconstructed

At times it's important to understand the logic in statements you don't agree with. Take it as a test, to argue for the opposite political view. You'll be able to see something new in your own convictions and you might also grow to respect your counterparts more.

The sad fact is that we can't always agree on everything. No two people can ever agree on everything, and for some reason it's the louder party that comes out on top. For that I apologize. I read this http://www.dagensarbete.se/home/da/home.NSF/unid/52DF5EEAB183030FC12570EA00354523?OpenDocument and I noticed I am a bit like that at times. But in my defense, it's something I've grown into over some time. In fact, I used to be the complete opposite, I used to listen, and know what was being said was complete BS, but I didn't speak up. Now I do, most of the time.

For those of you who still haven't learned Swedish, it's about besserwissers, or know-it-alls. Those who correct you when you're wrong or always need to top your story. You know you hate them. I don't try to top stories though, but from my perspective, why should I listen to someone lecturing about things and being completely wrong? That's the basis of it for me. I spent years and years and years listening to reasoning, and when someone tells you to listen to "reason" what they're really saying is that their point is more important that yours and you're a bit dumb for thinking about it your own way.

I try not to interrupt opinions, everyone's entitled to have an opinion or two, but it's when that opinion is based on incorrect facts that I like to put my two cents in. For example, I'll make it easy, or easy enough.
- Dracula is a great movie!
- Did you know it was a book to begin with?
- No.
- Oh, well, I prefer the book myself.
(a bit tacky of an example. You must have lived under a rock on the moon not to know Dracula was a book first...) Símple as that. I like facts and opinions. I like opinions based on facts more than anything. You can't argue with emotions. It drives me nuts when someone uses "I feel ..." as a part of an argument.

I don't mean to sound like a complete inconciderate jerk here, I just don't have the patience to listen to stuff I don't care about, and to me, my opinion matters more than yours, but that doesn't mean I'm incapable of seeing it from your perspective. You should try it sometime! "I hear what you're saying, but I don't agree, and I have no intrest in discussing it further."