Post your asides here

[mahagonny]

Sometimes people who are outraged are their own problem.

[little bongo]

Sometimes. And sometimes we can solve the problem with a well-aimed frying pan and a sharp "Snap out of it."

[mahagonny]

You'll never hit me from there.

[downer]

You may want to move on, but I'm betting that there's a bunch of people who still want to give their opinions, because that's how they roll.

[polly_mer]

You may want to move on, but I'm betting that there's a bunch of people who still want to give their opinions, because that's how they roll.

500 quatloos she won't just abandon the thread since she never has yet.

[apl68]

You do realize that that past-due vendor invoice for ten cents that you just sent us cost more to mail than it was worth, don't you?  Anyway, sorry for the apparent underpayment.  We'll include it on this month's payment for services, and then we'll all be square.

[Parasaurolophus]

<unrelated>

I wonder why.

[FishProf]

Hey look at that, I agree with you again!

[little bongo]

[unrelated]

Amazing. Every word in that sentence is wrong.

[AmLitHist]

Wow.  That must be some t.v.

[little bongo]

And then sometimes, someone just Wins the Internet. Congrats, jimbogumbo.

[Parasaurolophus]

<unrelated>

Does impostor syndrome warrant a self-nomination?

[mamselle]

Moi? Non.

I just figured I'd shake things up a bit.

M.

[little bongo]

<unrelated>

So at my school, we get trained in "difficult dialogues"--trying to see the other person's point of view, appreciating that everyone has followed their own paths to figure out what is true, and assuming good intentions from the start. And I'm generally for it.

However, perhaps because of my rapidly advancing years, I lose patience with Bigot Problems. And the reason I lose patience is because Bigot Problems are just so easy to solve.

Stop being a bigot.

See? Problem solved.

Also, I'd suggest the following: dry off behind the ears, gain some mileage, then straighten up and fly right. Again, not so hard.

[mahagonny]

<unrelated>

So at my school, we get trained in "difficult dialogues"--trying to see the other person's point of view, appreciating that everyone has followed their own paths to figure out what is true, and assuming good intentions from the start. And I'm generally for it.

However, perhaps because of my rapidly advancing years, I lose patience with Bigot Problems. And the reason I lose patience is because Bigot Problems are just so easy to solve.

Stop being a bigot.

See? Problem solved.

Also, I'd suggest the following: dry off behind the ears, gain some mileage, then straighten up and fly right. Again, not so hard.

Interesting that you characterize the difficult discussion as a problem. And then the discussion, now being a problem, prompts you to offer a solution, which you have ready. Whereas, if the parties just accept that they see things differently, then what was the problem in the first place?
You mention bigotry but not having heard the conversation it's impossible for me to be seeing the bigotry to which you refer. All I have to work with is someone thinks someone else is a bigot, which is as common as pigeons in Central Park.