Conversations

So I've been thinking... One of the hardest things for me to let go is the conversations where it's obvious they aren't even hearing/reading me.

When I state that I believe in a middle ground between fixity of species and evolution. Creatures adapt, but I've yet to see any proof that they become a genetically different species.1 Other Party: that's not a middle ground between no change and rapid change.

When I state that I am affiliated with the Republican party solely because they are more likely than the Democratic to share my political views, but that I wouldn't vote for any of our current line-up. Other Party: I'm not sure why the reasons you're giving would ever make me want to vote Republican.

When I state that the author probably meant "religious" rather than "biblical" because what the text of the Bible says (there are rules regarding what man is supposed to do or not do to the earth) and what the Judeo-Christian religion says (man can do as he pleases) are two different things. Other Party: you can't win your argument with semantics.2

The sad part: this stuff keeps going around and around in my head years later, even when I let the conversation go and stop trying to articulate myself clear enough to be heard. I know they won't hear me, but I still keep trying to think of how I could say it different, better.

This isn't good. It's like mental torture.

I'm still not sure what to do about it because the only way I figure out not to have conversations with those who don't listen is by having a bad conversation! :glum chin on knees:

And that's why I like books. I can articulate it as clearly as I want and not feel I have to defend what it says. Anybody can take what they want from fiction. I wish conversing in life was as easy as writing a novel.

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  1. This is not a general term. It's a scientific term, meaning the new species is not able to interbreed with another and produce viable (fertile) offspring.
  2. Semantics is the meaning of a word and exactly what I was disputing.
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