Isn't it funny how I can disagree with ProfD over many subjects.
Disagree with him for days or even weeks over MANY things.....yet it NEVER reaches to the point of name calling, threats, or insults?

There are atleast 2 subjects that we have CONSTANTLY disagreed on lately and it hasn't come CLOSE to any type of challenge or confrontation.

Yet there are some people I can't exchange 5 posts with before there's a confrontation....lol

Every other post is a jab, or insult, and after a while we just IGNORE eachother....lol.


I'm curious as to why this is?

Maybe he feels I'm not worth fighting with or maybe there's just no hostile spirit between us.

Sometimes I wonder is it me or am I intentionally avoiding confrontation with my brother because of his intellect and ability to articulate.
However I don't think that's the reason because I honestly haven't had so much as a DESIRE to call him a name, insult him, or take a jab at him over something he said or some position he's taken, despite our many disagreements.

47 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Isn't it funny how I can disagree with ProfD over many subjects.
Disagree with him for days or even weeks over MANY things.....yet it NEVER reaches to the point of name calling, threats, or insults?

I'm curious as to why this is?

Maybe he feels I'm not worth fighting with or maybe there's just no hostile spirit between us.

First & foremost, I believe we are both Black men. No need for smoke or static.

it is all robust & healthy dialog & debate in this proverbial coffeeshop.

There's no reason to take disagreement or stalemate by counter-point personally.😁

Our life experiences are different which shapes our thoughts & opinions.

So, it makes sense that we may never agree on anything. Still, respect is due.

Then, there is no reason to get bent outta shape about too much of anything especially in a virtual setting.🤣😎

I think it's a maturity level also.

We may have different opinions and come from different perspectives but I've noticed that we both bring less emotion and more logic to the conversation.

Also, like you said we tend not to take things too personal.

That's one of the things I've noticed lacking in many of the younger men today.
They are too "catty".
They act more like women.
Probably because so many were raised without fathers.

They take disagreement as personal insult and get emotional about it.

Or if they do get insulted or fall out with one of their friends they stop speaking to them and they immediately become an "op".

So many of my young (under 35) male family members have other men they no longer "fucks with" over petty shit that older men would have laughed about back in the day.

24 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

I think it's a maturity level also.

That's one of the things I've noticed lacking in many of the younger men today.

They take disagreement as personal insult and get emotional about it.

So many of my young (under 35) male family members have other men they no longer "fucks with" over petty shit that older men would have laughed about back in the day.

The wiser old heads who know better through life experiences will steer clear of the crash dummies.😁

Sometimes, we have to allow young people latitude to scrape their azz en route to leaning life lessons.🤣😎