Wouldn't want to engage too much...

On moving discussion and comments out of the Facebook universe.

I've moved most of my posting and commenting off of Facebook. Nobody's told me to my face that I'm... too challenging... but I'm sure I've deafened more than one ear! It is interesting to me, though. People put up comments, ideas, posts that I can only assume they have actually thought about, and therefore that they are not only ready to, but interested in, exploring and exchanging over. There are a lot of people, though, I sense, that don't approach the world as I do... I'm constantly pondering, forming opinions, discussing and debating opinions, reforming opinions, and re-debating, seeking that feeling of self-awareness and confidence that only emerges from opening yourself to the ideas and visions of others.

My sense is that there are a lot of people who want to be able to broadcast their worldview, but not have to engage over it. I don't really understand that perspective, but I can surely honor their wishes. So if you want to subject yourself to my overbearing, over-opinionated, ever-sleep-deprived invitations to debate, disagree, digress, and digest, click through my comments and posts. If not, ignore them--as you're probably already doing.

As for me, though, I don't say or post things I don't believe. I don't believe things that I have not pondered and considered. I do not ponder and consider things that I am not fully open to discussing. I seek to discover that I am wrong *far* more than I seek to end up being right, for being wrong and discovering it is the only way to more clearly and vibrantly see the world.

I'd love to sit with you and work for us both to see the world more clearly.

Moving forward, I'll generally post both comments and links as click-throughs, such that those not interested won't be spammed, or at least not spammed as much. I'm still working on the mechanics, but hopefully I can find some nice medium were we can have a healthy and vigorous back-and-forth, without darkening the pages of those not interested.