in terms of the problems of debate here, the last two posts are a good example of the way in which things tank.
i meant nothing sarcastic in the post above: i wanted to pose a real question. so i talked a bit about how the american political spectrum looks from my perspective. i understand that this perspective is not shared here, but i wanted to outline it a bit anyway, to change the framework a little to open things up more.
i did this in order to encoruage the direction the thread was heading in, to contribute to a discussion about a category that i genuinely do not understand.
and you see what followed.
i'll address ustwo and powerclown in contexts where substantive issues are involved. to do so here would be little more than legitmating an attempt to reduce political differences to personality conflict. this as a way of evacuating the content from these political differences.
nice try, lads.
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