huh just seems you replied to me the other night "who is the extreme left", now you seem to indicate, there are extremist from both sides here, just trying to get the story straight. However based on your limited definition of the word, I think you somewhat define it in many respects. My opinion and no others, speak for myself and do not mean it in any manner other than transmitted.Originally Posted by Fulltimer
I know forums that are only allowing people that agree with them to post.
I haven't seen any left wing nutz posting here and if they were it would apply equally to them as well as the right wingnutz that do post here.
In any case I am serving notice.
If you guys don't get a bit more entertaining or at least educational I will just stop dropping in.
Come up with something new or at least original.
Draw a crazy picture, Write a nutty poem, Sing a mumble-gumble song, Whistle through your comb. Do a loony-goony dance' Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world, That ain't been there before.
-- Shel Silverstein --
amen, amen and amen
I do too and I avoid them like the plague, even if I agree with them....or especially if I agree with them.
When we run off those with opposing views the place will become waste of bandwidth.
I run with scissors
And sharp cuttin knife just in case the first one fails.............or gets tangled...............
How dare y'all call Leftya "wing nut" , everybody knows he is a lugnut
"PUSH TO FLUSH"
It seems to me that it depends on your perspective on whether someone is a wingnut. Though I consider myself a little conservative, I would not consider myself a wingnut. I bet you would, though. Another thing I have noticed is that it used to be that you could post anything, from any source, and thought it perfectly fine, but if someone sources something from the more conservative spectrum, you, and others, cry foul saying, "Fox new doesn't count" or, "that is a conservative blog, and give me a mainstream source." Or what recently happened to me, when I posted a flyer from a Black Panther rally that was being sponsored by the NAACP, "You need to post something from the NAACP that proves they sponsored it" when the event happened a couple of months ago. When someone sets the standard of proof, it can often be nearly impossible to prove.
And for what it is worth, if you think I am one that waits for marching orders from the conservative talk radio hosts before I post, you are sadly mistaken. Most things I post, I find myself. I may not be the most eloquent person, or may not have time to check every source, like many seem to, but I am busy. I have a family and a business that are both demanding on my time.
If you don't make someone elses life better, what good is yours?
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The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of communism is the sharing of misery. -Winston Churchill_
Well that knife could cut both ways Don. Funny how you can see "right wingnutz" but are blind to the other side which you wholly support. A poster can make a point about a particular point and you can come up with some of the most far out there perspective, that was even part of the initial post, yet still want to place the blame on someone else? The only difference between you and I, is I dont mind being labeled as a right wingnut, you on the other hand cannot see that you are nothing more than a left wingnut and are trying to convince everybody you are "normal" while all the rest of us are wrong. I enjoy our bantering and discussions no matter what the outcome.
Sometimes a person who holds a particular belief will not be able to substantially show the reason for that belief in an article or blog that will be acceptable to the other side. That is okay, it is not a test that will be graded or a case that will be won, who cares? We all have different beliefs and through many different viewpoints and sources that each individual agrees with at some point, we form the basis for our own ideas. Nothing wrong with that either, but to call out everybody else and blame them for their shortcomings, all the while forgetting about thine own, is somewhat silly. So is looking down ones nose and saying that just because a person is not as educated or have as much life experience as they do, means that their opinion doesnt matter is silly as well. Remember, it is the "well educated" that got us into this problem to begin with, both sides, so they have no room to throw punches.
Cowboy up, put your feelings back inside your shirt and get on with it bud. Your fine. Go find something about the T party, Palin or Rush to poke fun at and I'll go find a clown pic Of Obozo and his circus and get the day started We are burning daylight.
If you care about the way our Country is heading, remind every voter that the "cesspools" MUST be pumped out when we go to the polls in 2010!!
If it's boring, add to it and make it better.....
Looked in here for the first time in ages, wow I'm a "wingnutz" for sure, but sure do miss all the Bush bashing the left use to spew that would get my spirits up each day.
Old redneck hillbilly borned and raised on a redwood stump.
Well, that's Bush's fault. If he had run for a third term and won, we could still be bashing him.
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Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday. - John Wayne
Remember in November!
I always perceived Don as more centrist or moderately left in his views.
I seem to recall his perspective varied somewhat depending on the nature of the topic, which frankly, is as it should be...
To me it matters little whether one's opinion can be classified as left or right - AS LONG AS THAT OPINION WAS THE RESULT OF THOUGHTFUL INSIGHT INTO THE ISSUES, AND NOT MERELY SOME KNEE-JERK RESPONSE BASED ON WHETHER IT MEETS PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS OF MATCHING THEIR LEFT OR RIGHT PERSPECTIVE....
Outcomes of issues should be judged on their merits alone, not on whether they are a close match to some political ideology or belief system that is never critically challenged....
We certainly don't have to agree with anyone's opinions, but we should at least make the effort to understand and respect the views and thought processes that form them.
It is those who skip either the forming of their opinions through critical thought, or members who do not make the effort to try to understand how people got to their perspective, that is the definition of intolerance.....
Gary
- "Beware of the man who won't be bothered with details.........." - William Feather
- "A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding" .......- Marshall McLuhan
- Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.......... - Martin Luther King, Jr.
How about you start respecting Americans instead of running us down with every one of your posts?
Yea and when you stop the BS anti-gun rants, I might start to think you are looking at both sides of the issue.
If you care about the way our Country is heading, remind every voter that the "cesspools" MUST be pumped out when we go to the polls in 2010!!
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