Hello redfish,
Originally Posted by
redfish
thanks for the "welcome" . I will always respond politely and intelligently to polite and intelligent posts. But, I will reply in kind to arrogant and insulting posts. I will not tolerate stupidity or lying or simply repeating tired dem/lib talking points. If you want to have an intelligent informed back and forth, bring it on, I'm your guy for that. But if you revert to juvenile insults or merely repeat what the corrupt left wing media is saying, I will retaliate with facts and logic. Lets give it a shot. I hope you are what you claim to be.
Thank you for your sincere reply. It's on. I look forward to some very stirring discussions. I will do my best to give honest answers and comments from a liberal Democrat perspective. I am not here to insult anybody. My interest is in having academic and informed discussions between fellow Americans. Unity.
I can always find liberals who agree with me and we can high five one another all day long. That's fine, but it's not very challenging. I yearn for something that causes me to really think about what it is I believe in and why. I am very logic based. I know I can be wrong just as all humans can and often are. My goal is to learn and find out what things I have gotten wrong and to correct them. A completely different perspective can help with that. I want to have as accurate a perception of politics as possible. This way, when I vote, I can feel confident that I am making the correct choices.
I am totally happy to trade comments with someone who believes the opposite of what I believe. I just want it to be done in a nice polite way. I don't like all the friction of nasty personal arguments. That messes with enjoyment of life. We all have the right to the pursuit of happiness. Minimizing hurtful arguing leads to a happier life. That's my logic, so my PIP is part of the steps I take to purposely pursue happiness. I do have a very enjoyable life. I love my life. I wish everyone could enjoy their own life as much as I enjoy mine. I don't want to be desensitized to nasty arguing. I don't want that to be a habit in my life. I don't want my life to be about that. I want, and take active steps to create, a low stress life. I've got a good life because I purposely created a good life for myself.
So yeah. I want to be well informed; I want to have an understanding of what motivates others to believe differently, I want to do my part for my nation and the world, and I want to enjoy life.
I want to believe we can have some very deep political discussions and also maintain respect, even if we believe different things. I'm very different from most posters here, yes. And I am good with that. So yeah; I totally hope it works out for us, and will do my best to see that it does.
Political comment: I totally believe the media when they say the viewership of the Biden-Harris inauguration exceed that of the Trump inauguration. I think the main stream media has to get things right or they would lose credibility, respect and viewership. Since that has only happened for the right, that means it is political, not fact based. The right is notorious for disparaging government and our institutions, the media being the '4th estate.' Whenever the media gets something wrong, they release a retraction. They strive to get it right, so I generally believe them.
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! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
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