(06-27-2014, 02:09 PM)Adonai One Wrote: I have faith that it can work out. I have faith in my views and the views of others.
I do not believe it is a contradiction to unify the self completely with others, without suppressing either one. I do not believe in self-suppression in any case.
Whatever the mechanics are, I believe a true consensus is always possible.
Notice the use of the word 'work.' To work things out both sides must make an effort, you can't just have one side dictating the terms of what is and isn't acceptable to them and refusing to budge an inch forcing the other side to do all the work. I realize you can't see the irony of your position since you have some kind of weird mirror vision that projects your issues with authority onto every relationship you approach, but what you are doing here is suppressing the views of others in favour of your own. You are, whether consciously or more likely unconsciously, attempting to mold or suppress the view of others, something you balk at when others do the same to you.