You're so right Debbie. How often do we tell each other, JUST DON'T GO THERE! I understand that this can be a very "hot" place and tempers flare and all of us have passionate feelings about our beliefs. Whenever I do come here, I come more to interject something for thought and contemplation and also with the hopes that perhaps I will learn something. I try not to take offense at other's opinions, not to take their reamarks personally, and hope that others will express their opinions with respect and in a manner that does not offend as well. I don't like to argue but I do like to hear and read what others are thinking because I don't think it's healthy to insulate one's self from the thinking of others, if only to better understand their positions. We are ALL entitled to our opinions and it's been my experience, if you dare to venture into this Dog House forum, and choose to loudly and passionately express your opinions, you have to be expect that others will respond with equal fervor and passion.
I haven't commented much at all on the political threads, for fear of getting bashed. BOTH sides have made snide, rude, personal, remarks regarding the candidates, their families and the opposing party in general. Whenever I laid down the challenge to have a calm, rational discussion of the ISSUES...no one replied to my thread. The tenor had become extremely combative and had sunk to a level that was less than conducive to intelligent conversation. Right now, just putting on the TV, tuning into the radio, listening to the rude, snickering, nasty, demeaning, devissive remarks of those on the "other" side, I feel as though I do not belong here; that I am not a part of the "real" America, not one of those who holds REAL values. I am part of the "blue left wing fringe" in a RED America. It's depressing me to a degree I can't express.
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