tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048624.post115507077200190540..comments2023-10-26T02:28:09.011-07:00Comments on Journeys with Jood: Operation Preaching to the ChoirDivaJoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02534571327558009753noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048624.post-1155235920852102192006-08-10T11:52:00.000-07:002006-08-10T11:52:00.000-07:00I would love to preach to my friend who can't admi...I would love to preach to my friend who can't admit she IS a republican... but she puts her hands over her ears and says, "Can't we all just get along?" She runs out of the room if I say anything poiltical. She claims to be anti-shrub but I have my doubts.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, maybe I'll try Alicia's methods to get through to her. Oh and she refuses to see AL Gore's movie. OR VOTE!!! UGH.HelenWheelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709287737262543974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048624.post-1155182042930161732006-08-09T20:54:00.000-07:002006-08-09T20:54:00.000-07:00this is great! it is all about finding a common g...this is great! it is all about finding a common ground with people and building on it. that's the way change happens- one person at a time. your friend is so right!billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16206096509976316141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048624.post-1155078590613504142006-08-08T16:09:00.000-07:002006-08-08T16:09:00.000-07:00Alicia, would be happy to do so. Thank you for th...Alicia, would be happy to do so. Thank you for the honor. You have created an important forum, and if it helps people find their voice, and their ability to act, then more power to us all!<BR/><BR/>Tina, I absolutely agree - and it is the entire process of conversation and listening that makes change. Nothing is black or white, and we have to find common ground to solve this national nightmare.DivaJoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02534571327558009753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048624.post-1155076426111110662006-08-08T15:33:00.000-07:002006-08-08T15:33:00.000-07:00Excellent idea about taking a book with ya and the...Excellent idea about taking a book with ya and then starting a conversation... hmm... I have a doctor's appt on Thursday, and the wait is always eternal, so I believe either John Dean's Conservatives w/o Conscience ot Kevin Phillips' American Theocracy will be taken.<BR/><BR/>And I agree that on some issues that we (the lib/Dem/progressive) community may not agree on everything/ all issues or see each other's point of view, but I think this is exactly what separates US from from THEM: We always want the freedom for all of us to be able to express our pt of view. Besides, I know for a fact that when someone expresses a different pt of view that we are able to learn. For example: When you commented on a comment I had made at Karena's blog about Zionists, I had absolutely no idea that what I said could or would be taken as anti-Israel b/c I assumed that it was automatically a given that you would know what I meant. B/c you pointed that out to me, I am now aware of it, and make a point to clearly state what I mean. But if we stop talking about things, and stop giving another point of view, how does anybody stand a chance of seeing another side?... especially since on most issues, NOTHING is white OR black. We can leave categorizing issues as all white OR all black to THEM, not US... it is oftentimes, what they do best.Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08472987991553964064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048624.post-1155075794687101122006-08-08T15:23:00.000-07:002006-08-08T15:23:00.000-07:00DJ - thank you so much! This is the way this will ...DJ - thank you so much! This is the way this will work - from one person to another. I'd like to invite you to guest post if you'd like to - your story is exactly what I'm taling about.Alicia Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14458700009032102949noreply@blogger.com