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I am willing to go out on a limb, in an attempt to help this forum become a place of growth in political belief, rather than a slug fest.
Please correct me if my interpretation is flawed , or biased.
The majority of thread degradation has taken place in those threads replyed to, or started by few individuasl. It would be a pity to lose our conservative wing simply because we are not mature enough to accept the opinions generated by them.
There is however, a problem with "the way" this individual posts, and this indeed needs to be talked about. Perhaps if we all agree to a bit of constructive criticism, and agree to actually LISTEN to it, we will all benefit.
I know I myself have become quite charged at the repitition without substance, and have replied with an immature statement that contributed nothing but negativity.
I took a week off, and this helped.
If we lose the Bush supporters, we have no debate (except with Art) and will become counter-productive. The Idea of this forum, at least to myself, is to hear opposing opinions and hopefully learn the reasoning behind them. I have evolved my views in this forum on several occasions due to this. The problem occurs when the opinion is given, but the "reasoning" behind it is withheld, and this is what some have been guilty of.
We must all realize the left and right are as polarized as they have ever been in recent memory, and this will create difficulties in discourse. As a community, we can overcome this, as we must, as this country must.
Then again, I could be totally off base, but I will never know if there is no communication. Perhaps we can begin with you all telling me what I am doing, that creates animosity, or confusion, that I may work towards better debates.
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Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. - Buddha
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