I let myself get all worked up over stupid facebook crap.

A girl that I barely know, posted her annoyance at the fact that Earth Day and Good Friday fall on the same day.

I politely pointed out that Earth Day falls on the same day every year and the Easter weekend changes. This year they happened to coincide.

There is no government conspiracy. It was apparently too difficult for her and her cohorts to understand this.

Furthermore, when she stated that Jesus died for everyone and I pointed out that there were millions of Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, and others

That would disagree with that statement, she was offended.

Get em Burt. It is important to share your point of view so I'm glad you did. She may be reacting negatively now, but you made

her think. Encouraging people to think outside their boxes is a very good thing.

and on my own FB dialogue drama, I learned than when the other person resigns to calling me an idiot...it mean I won

I think I will adopt that outlook. I often choose to not say anything because I feel like I can't change their minds. Maybe I can't

But if they call me an idiot, I challenged their beliefs to the point of no rebuttal

Never speak with the intention of changing someones mind, only speak with the intention of offering another point of view and

possibly widening their outlook. People are going to believe whatever they want and they are allowed to do so.

I LOVE you Burt!!

lisaburt: my job is to make people think--NOT easy. And FB is just so difficult. Please don't take it personally.

@ your comment about the Jew, Muslims, etc. not agreeing about Jesus dying for our sins make me laugh. It's all relative, isn't it.

That girl unfriended me. It's all good though.

my biggest gripe w/ Facebook is that it feels like high school 24/7. No thank you.

That is so true!

I think it's sad when one unfriends due to differing opinions. The best way we can all grow as individual is to surround ourselves with

as many people as we can with different believes. there are many variations of Truth and the best way to know an absolute truth is by

taking in ALL sides on a discussion.

Well, too sad for this person that they are chosing to opt out of personal growth

In all honesty, she wasn't a real friend. Just a girl I met in an HIV course. She seemed sweet at the time.

I guess she can't hang with the grown ups.

I think that she wasn't a real friend is implied by the very fact this plurk exist

Very true, girl.

I had someone un-friend me once because of the whole "Banana Clip" incident. That was the topper for him. The first thing that made him

mad was when I responded to his "Anyone who even considers voting for the McCain/Palin ticket is a complete moron" comment. I said

something like "I hope people are CONSIDERING all their voting options, and not just going along with what their friends are doing without

doing any research. I'm considering it, and I don't think I'm a complete moron." He didn't like that so much.

the hardest thing sometimes is to be tolerant of other people's opinions, but learning that tolerance is pretty important in our world.

When you live by the motto, "everyone is a moron but me" it helps ease these conversation....cause...oh the poor simple morons.

I don't really live by that motto. I'm more the, "you can learn something from everyone" creed.

Sometimes when I get into a difficult discussion with another person and they are really frustrating me,

I tell myself that they cannot help the way they feel because they have a really large amygdala, which is no match for my very

developed anterior cingulate cortex

That makes me feel better because I go from wanting to just call them a stupid effing idiot, to trying to understand where they

are coming from

Which I should be doing anyways. But telling myself they have an underlying medical condition gives me more patience

laughing her butt off. This thinking could revolutionize my teaching.

There was an article about this on aol.

www.dailymail.co.uk/scie...

this! The bonus is Colin Firth. I love how you call having a larger amydala an "underlying medical condition."

now how much of our brain formation is genetic.

That is really interesting, considering the stereotype of Liberals "thinking with their hearts." I find conservatives to be a bit more

emotionally detached when it comes to government, whereas liberals have more of a "bleeding heart."

I shouldn't have read this plurk first thing it the morning, it's stressing out my cortexical amagdylai synaptic firing pistols.

Drink more coffee, girl.