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Originally Posted by barrysloate
And for once I would like to see a thread where collector Keith Olbermann offers something insightful about baseball cards and not even one single yahoo chimes in with some political garbage. Keith's previous career and his passion for baseball cards are entirely unrelated. Grow up.
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Barry, if you dislike someone intensely, for any reason, and they offer up something insightful about a passion of yours, and you agree with them and would like to add to the discussion, I'm sorry, but if you are a normal human, the best we can hope for is that you stay out of the discussion.
If you were Nietsche's Superman, then we might expect you to transcend your human emotions temporarily and bond with this person. Maybe the two of you would even grow close through your hobby, and end up coming to understandings on the issues that you formerly disliked him over. But that is really a lot to ask. As an example, every now and then I offer something new and interesting regarding an area of collecting that I am absolutely positive another forum member would love to discuss. He doesn't. Why? He absolutely despises me. I get it, and it's probably all for the best, as we are only human. It takes beer to get over some of these things - I have seen it work. I would gladly drink a beer with either Keith Olberman or Rush Limbaugh.