Some people might remember a little entry I did a while back entitled “It’s OK, don’t think about it too much and it will be OK”.

I described a little anecdote that I observed at curriculum night at my child’s school.

It created a minor stir in certain waters…and I followed some of the links to hear what people were saying.  I just followed another link that I hadn’t seen before…more of the same comments.

Liberals talking about how this “proves” how stupid conservatives are.

Conservatives ennumerating the myriad ways I failed to make the point that I was obviously trying to make about how conservatives are stupid.

Various other people making comments about what I was trying to say, and how it proves what they’ve said all along…

And I laugh.  Because I started out merely describing something I saw…and in the end came around to trying to make the point that people see what they want to see, and if something happens that challenges their views they feel more comfortable if they can find a way to wiggle off the hook and get back to the comfort of their unchallenged views.

I do it.  You do it…we all do it.  Recognizing that fact is the first step in learning how to learn.