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Post by celawson on Jun 30, 2018 12:05:10 GMT -5
Just like Maxine Waters' declarations are probably spurring more Republicans to the polls in the next election, your posts about me being unreflexive and knee-jerk and not very insightful are probably going to have the opposite effect of what you're after here. Sorrynotsorry.
Here's the thing - you have no idea of what my upbringing was, what exposure to ideas I've had, or what political party I belonged to when I was 21, or my voting record, or the political persuasion of my parents or husband, my education, or any of a number of things that could have brought me to where I am now, politically. So it's pretty presumptuous to call me unreflexive and knee-jerk. But then again, presumptions are your wheelhouse.
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Post by Amadan on Jun 30, 2018 12:30:52 GMT -5
I'm not trying to convince you to stop voting Republican, and I do not imagine I could do that.
I'm not partisan, though. I'll still vote Republican if there's a Republican I like more than the Democrat opponent. Unfortunately, nowadays that's rare, but the point is I have not subscribed to "Oppose the GOP no matter what" that many liberals have. And I've been unequivocal in saying I think Maxine Waters is an idiot, so throwing embarrassing Democrat politicians at me is meaningless.
As for you came to your positions, you're right, I don't know and I don't care. I am not trying to plumb your history and why you think the way you do, I'm only judging what you actually say.
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Post by celawson on Jun 30, 2018 12:46:03 GMT -5
I didn’t mean you were trying to get me to stop voting Republican; I meant you were trying to get me to stop posting here. I was using Maxine as an analogy but not a direct one. But when I took the time off to just read posts while I was in Orlando, I saw others being treated in a similar way, and at least one of those people is able to simply shrug it off, so I’m not taking things as personally as I did some weeks ago. And I like to learn and be exposed to other viewpoints which is why I’m here and not at some knee-jerk partisan Republican discussion board. So unfortunately, my talking point posts will likely continue to happen, barring some natural disaster. You have the option to put me on ignore, though.
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Post by Amadan on Jun 30, 2018 13:05:21 GMT -5
I meant you were trying to get me to stop posting here. No, I am not. Heated disagreement does not mean people are trying to drive you away. Do you think I was trying to make NT go away, or that he was trying to make me go away? I mean, he probably would like it if I were cowed into silence, but I very much doubt he had any expectation that would happen, and likewise, if you get jumped on (by me or by others) it's not because we're trying to intimidate you into shutting up, it's because I think you're wrong.
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Post by robeiae on Oct 10, 2018 8:58:15 GMT -5
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