Lynda

Well, I have been guilty of said comment and have received quite a few of
them as well.

I think your take on the comment is from a very negative point of view and
not how most folks mean them. Not agreeing with folks is not a bad thing
and most of the comments are, IMHO, simply a statement of surprise that one
agrees with someone that one normally considers oneself to polls apart from.
I don't think the comments are made as a compliment, backhanded or
otherwise, or as a slam, simply a statement of sometimes cheerful
wonderment. Kind of a "wow, son of gun, whaddaya know about that" sort of
expression. And in some cases a "wow, that's koooolll"

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: <SandraDodd@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] vegetarianism


> This is a little rough and subject-changing, so people might want to skip
it.
> It's not about vegetarianism, it's about interpersonals.
>
>
> someone whose name I hope you've already forgotten (because I don't want
to
> be personal at all, so be polite and don't look back at prior posts)
wrote:
>
> << Amazing! I agree with you on something, Sandra.
> ;-) >>
>
> I never understand why people say this to me. It's pretty much an insult
but
> is offered as a compliment. It's an abiding mystery.
>
> I'm not grumpy about it since it happens so very often, but please
consider
> in future situations that it's not really as nice as it would be to say "I
> agree" without the added "this time you don't suck."
>
> I have people write "I usually don't agree with you, but..."
> or "Although I rarely agree with you, this time..."
>
> Since it might not happen to you guys much either (on either end), it's
> probably a rare thing which might not recur for a long time, but please
> consider it for the future.
>
> Sandra
>
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