tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24087625.post8903788547666845198..comments2023-11-05T00:19:30.325-07:00Comments on Seething Mom: If only…Seething Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13589584407018948285noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24087625.post-1480261343698789142007-02-21T12:35:00.000-07:002007-02-21T12:35:00.000-07:00Don't discount the power of saying "I was wrong." ...Don't discount the power of saying "I was wrong." I think those three words take more character, strength, and courage than "I told you so."<BR/><BR/>I know I can easily forgive someone who can say "I was wrong.". In fact I can not only forgive them, but I also have great respect for them too.<BR/><BR/>It is the people whose pride, arrogance, and entrenchment in ideology that keeps them from ever considering that they could be wrong for whom I have nothing but contempt and disdain.Seething Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589584407018948285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24087625.post-62948384759066444052007-02-21T10:10:00.000-07:002007-02-21T10:10:00.000-07:00I can identify with this person all too well. I g...I can identify with this person all too well. I grew up in an ultra-conservative Christian environment and held many of the same views he's apologizing for. It added another dimension of complication to my own coming out process, realizing that in many ways, I needed the support of the very people I didn't treat as well as I should've now that I was admitting that I was one of them.Jarredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793668797961461325noreply@blogger.com