For
me the biggest issue is not written communication, but spoken words.
Words spoken in the heat of the moment out of limitless
self-righteousness are almost always hurtful rather than helpful.
They make me a royal jackass. This is because I see the other person
as an enemy, thus I make them into something less than human and
speak to that stereotype glaring in my head. I see all my intentions
and actions as above reproach and find those of my enemy totally
reprehensible. This all or nothing mindset spills over into speech
which becomes ridiculously intemperate. I discount the other
person's point of view as being completely absurd. Not only do I
stereotype those with which I am angry, I demonize them while viewing
myself in total righteousness. My mindset is one of arrogant
certitude. And more times than I like to admit, the person to which
I am speaking remains rational and avoids tit for tat behavior. My
extensive irrationality causes them to view me with some wonder and
pity. The greatest victim may be truth itself for fact-finding goes
begging while I aver that all important facts are on my side and that
silly excuses make up theirs. Communication as a mutual two-way
process has no place in this polluted diatribe – as neither does
any hope of making a simple human connection.
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