THe Race Card is a prime example.
Imagine if you will, that every time you engaged in any discussion, that some piece of shit, that a chorus of drooling morons called you a vile name, every single time.
WOUld you turn the other cheek and just let it ride?
Or would you call them the pieces of shit that they are, and point out that they were ******* cowards for only talking like that online?
Dear
Correll
I find it most effective to address both.
Try to resolve the issue of namecalling by both sides acknowledging neither one likes to be addressed that way, and call a mutual truce.
Stick to the principles points and CONTENT to the argument. Respect the person and the material or message they are trying to address.
but separate the language and layer of bullying going on from the two people behind that barrier.
Agree to remove the barrier and try to address each other as people equally angry, insulted or in fear of being oppressed by these same barriers.
this is best achieved in an environment of mutual respect. And yes, sometimes we have to be the first to show respect for the other, before they agree to drop the namecalling and try to be more respectful in return.
To turn the other cheek does NOT mean to take abuse and enable it like a doormat
Correll:
It REALLY means to address one another as EQUAL peers
(the explanation of the Bible is that slapping someone left handed means a citizen is rebuking a slave who is not a citizen, because the left hand was reserved for that. But if someone does this, you ask them to "use their right hand" or rebuke you as an equal citizen which is a righthanded slap. You correct them and tell them if we are going to go head to head it will be as equals, not inferiors.)