Best wishes OldMercsRule,
I'm sorry. I only talk to polite people. You've found your way to my Permanent Ignore List. I appreciate the lack of foul language. It is refreshing and commendable. Thanks for that much.
But the disdain shown in your post is palpable and unacceptable. Functional political conversations involve two people who treat one another as equals. The condescending attitude of your post attempts to establish an uneven relationship in which you see yourself as knowing things that others do not and it is to your own entertainment to disseminate this fictitious superior knowledge down to others.
If I don't call it out and do something about it at once then it is tacit acceptance.
In a word, um, no. I refuse to enter the relationship you had in mind. Better to identify such attempts at the outset and cut them off right then and there. You become the latest public example that I mean exactly what I say in my Signature.
Good day and good life. I hope you learn how to better relate to others who do not share your views in the future, but even if that happens I won't be a part of it because you poisoned any chance of friendship by taking this stance. Too bad. We might have had some interesting conversations. Oh well. To each his or her own. Bye!
Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate!