Ya know, CK, you pushed my buttons last night by attacking Auggie like that. I thought it was unprecipitated and out of line. I love reading his posts, and admire the passion behind his opinions. *My* inclination was to lash out at you, but I sat on it overnight, and realize I'm not ready to go there. I'm not out to pick a fight.
This is an election year. This is the OT board. We're likely to dicuss, and yes, even over-discuss topics...ad nauseum... to death, even. And certainly the quality, the complexity of those discussions are going to enhanced if there is a wider range of viewpoints represented. papalovesmambo and I are frequently polar opposites, philosophically, but I love sparring with him and respect his views, even if I can't for the life of me figure out why he holds them. To the best of my knowledge neither of us harbors ill will against the other, and I'd go as far as to say that he's one of my favorite people on the board. Certainly, posters with right-ward leanings are fairly few and far between here, especially since Mr. Roxy's sworn off politics, but I for one, prefer to have your representation and be exposed to real persons having differing views. But that doesn't mean I'm not going to argue with you. It would be one thing if anti- (or pro-) Bush comments were popping up in inappropriate threads,say in the Idina/Kristen/Neckbrace thread, but all is fair in a clearly labeled political thread. It's likely to get tense from time to time, so we can all benefit from practicing tolerance. The last thing this board needs is to alienate the posters who afford it with a quality of ideologic diversity. But by the same token, even those of us who are in the majority (in this venue) in our loathing for Mr. Bush, have the right to state and restate our dissatisfaction, fear, and loathing, without being personally belittled.
Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10
Updated On: 2/25/04 at 12:10 PM