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		eropple on June 15, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What to Say To Someone Who is Sick Or you could take it in the spirit in which it is intended, instead of making it about your personal ideologies. In plainer terms: you could choose not to be an asshole and take a kind word for what it is.

FiddlerClamp on June 15, 2011 [–]

I find it presumptuous.

eropple on June 15, 2011 | [–]

People expressing that they care in a way that, to them, makes sense is "presumptuous"?

Again: you can choose to accept kindness in the spirit in which it was intended, or you can be the Angry Atheist Asshole. The latter seems to be poor form.

FiddlerClamp on June 15, 2011 | | [–]

Thank you for confirming my views. Best wishes.

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