Comments on: The Bright Side http://www.politry.com/2005/02/19/the-bright-side/ Political poems, commentary, and occasional reflections on reality by Ken Duncan. Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Susie B. Duncan http://www.politry.com/2005/02/19/the-bright-side/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Susie B. Duncan Tue, 08 Mar 2005 04:14:44 +0000 http://www.politry.com/?p=3#comment-10 It had never dawned on me before that the only people who listen are those who already agree - and that doesn't just go for the presidency! But I have to admit that I don't listen much to views I don't agree with - so I don't know why it surprised me. I wanted to argue with the poem and say that the narrator _should_ listen, not agreeing is no excuse. But when you don't believe what's being said, what would be the point? It had never dawned on me before that the only people who listen are those who already agree – and that doesn’t just go for the presidency!

But I have to admit that I don’t listen much to views I don’t agree with – so I don’t know why it surprised me. I wanted to argue with the poem and say that the narrator _should_ listen, not agreeing is no excuse. But when you don’t believe what’s being said, what would be the point?

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