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A New Year's Resolution for everyone on the forum
Posted: Jan 3, 2016
During 2016, I will:
* Post no personal insults.
* Post no insults related to political parties in general, which is the same thing as a personal insult to everyone who belongs to that party.
* Use no demeaning terms to refer to political parties or their members (e.g. "teabaggers", "commies", etc.)
* Investigate every issue BEFORE I POST, thoroughly and objectively.
* Critically assess the veracity and objectivity of my sources of information.
* Will not deliberately conceal evidence contrary to my position that I am aware of. This is the sin of special pleading when we selectively use evidence to support our position.
Wow, does that take all the fun out of the board, but the conversation would be a lot more useful and actually much more interesting than the blind rants, unexamined positions, baseless claims, etc. that we have now.
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I totally agree - anonie
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Cruz - MT2
[ In Reply To ..]I just want to say that I cannot look at Cruz's face for four years. Please don't make me.
Ditto, Hillary. - nm
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I'd be happy to look at Hillary every day - for the rest of my life
[ In Reply To ..]...if she was wearing a federal prison jumpsuit.
He reminds of the penguin from Batman - IMHO - nm
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I think he looks like a wax statue that melted halfway... - observer
[ In Reply To ..]...and then an evil spell brought it to life.
I think he looks like a young Haney from Green Acres - anon
[ In Reply To ..]And I say that as a republican who is backing Sanders.
I don't care what anyone looks like. I care about their - character and their beliefs.
[ In Reply To ..]Could look like the Elephant Man for all I care - and for all you SHOULD care.
Political Science degrees for everybody! - good luck with that
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How about no censorship from either side - or don't we really believe in free speech?
[ In Reply To ..]Outside of threats and obscene statements, I don't think people should have to post second-guessing every comment nor should posts should be censored or banned.
Just don't feed the trolls - would be my resolution suggestion... :)
This has nothing to do with freedom of speech. It's about - common courtesy and thoughtful discussion.
[ In Reply To ..](Incidentally, you can't simultaneously argue for "free speech" and against obscenity.)
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