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Originally Posted by ladyjane  I agree, Ann, and I like animals better. I was merely commenting to her about her saying that they are nicer than the kids she says she works with who have autism. That struck me as a bit off and if I were a parent of one of those children it would offend me greatly. I certainly was not meaning to bash anyone...I simply felt the comment to be a bit rough. |
I didn't think you were bashing her one bit...far from it. I understood exactly how you saw the comment, and could see how that could be hurtful if, say, a parent of one of those children read it.
I've really grown to dislike the use of 'bashing', period. It's tossed around a bit too casually now and it causes problems beyond the initial problem. To me, bashing is like "you're a horrible pet owner, you should crawl back into the whole from whence you came" --- or whatnot, ya know? Or name calling etcetera. That's bashing.
(I knew you liked animals better
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