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I'll make this more clear for you since you didn't get it the first time I wrote it.

The president doesn't have any more of a legitimate claim to knowing what's best for the country than any other citizen. That is, just because I disagree with his ideas doesn't mean I don't know/want what's best for my country.

If I disagree with an elected official, it doesn't make me traitorous or desirous to see my own country look bad in the eyes of other people in the world.

You didn't even pay attention to much of what I wrote.

This thread was specifically directed at liberal members of the TFP. Not one conservative has come forward and stated that they don't share this apparent animosity toward the liberal posters.

Your posts condoned and perpetuated this shameful stance against other members of our online community. Meanwhile, while liberals are constantly warned via PM's that their comments are taken as personal attacks, this thread is allowed and championed because various people are using vague references to some amorphous group.

They can then step back and claim to not be speaking to anyone in particular--and somehow this makes their statements acceptable. I haven't seen any other thread where an entire group of members of this board have been harassed for their viewpoints. This is even more insidious than just "squelching" political dissent, something I view as inappropriate behavior to begin with. This attack is against what are otherwise fellow members of a board Halx and others have spent huge amounts of time to develop friendship ties with.

I don't particularly mind if you continue to ignore my wishes. I can't control what you decide to do with your time. I can leave this thread at any time just like I'd leave your presence if we met in a social setting. But you haven't made a very good impression on me in terms of your personality, and I don't particularly have any desire to meet you in real life if this is how you act out there, too. I can respect someone else's ideology, but I choose not to interact with people who tell me how I think and feel--regardless of what I explicitly claim to be true for me. It doesn't really affect either of us in terms of our otherwise normal lives. I just thought you had a right to know how I feel about the personality you projected onto the forum.

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