{"id":7278,"date":"2017-10-25T09:50:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T13:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.streamingmeemee.com\/?p=7278"},"modified":"2017-10-25T09:50:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T13:50:01","slug":"how-to-engage-a-fanatic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.streamingmeemee.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/25\/how-to-engage-a-fanatic\/","title":{"rendered":"How to engage a fanatic?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I read an opinion piece<\/a> today that spurred me to write this post.<\/p>\n

I struggle with this very question quite often. I am not one to “un-friend” someone simply because I don’t agree with them or their views. I’m quite curious by nature so I am driven to discover the roots of their views. However, most often what happens is that I am shouted down, accused of being “preachy” and\/or “being out of touch with the real world” and\/or my personal favorite “that’s your college education talking”. When I emphasize that I really want to understand how they reached their viewpoint I am accused of trying to bait them.<\/p>\n

My formative years were spent on and around farms in rural Michigan. I’ve lived in a small tent in the woods while searching for work; I’ve had to choose between eating and affording the trip to work; I’ve watched the last of my food go down the kitchen sink because I didn’t own a colander to drain my spaghetti. That is my real world.<\/p>\n

I get it that you’re angry and frustrated. You’ve got my attention so stop yelling at me and let’s talk about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I read an opinion piece today that spurred me to write this post. I struggle with this very question quite often. I am not one to “un-friend” someone simply because I don’t agree with them or their views. I’m quite curious by nature so I am driven to discover the roots of their views. However, … Continue reading How to engage a fanatic?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-seems-to-me","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t