surreal-maitland's Journal: twisting my words

why is it that people seem to twist things that i have said without bothering to try to read the intent? yes, i am sometimes ineloquent, but, come on, i'm not running for office here. is there a good reason to either

a.) not bother to read what i have said and respond to it anyway or

b.) intentionally misinterpret/selectively ignore parts of what i have written.

it seems there are few people in the world (on this messageboard?) who see the value in having a conversation as a means of coming to a deeper understanding, rather than proving that they're right or that someone else is wrong. it's almost as bad as posting to a political messageboard. v. frustrating.