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Where's the name-calling? Where's the personal attacks? I don't see it. Even from JW, who's probably been the most vociferous.
In any case, CP, I respect your opinion greatly. So I'm trying to find the fine line between free expression of our true thoughts & feelings -and- having the LoT be a peaceful place to co-exist with, at least by evening, a group hug and kumbaya.
I don't think we need get all over each other. BTD, JW, me, CP, scaeagles, Wendybeth, et al. -- the personalities and opinions are known pretty well, and I'd hope we can just appreciate when one or more of us gets riled up and doesn't say things in the perfect way. Sure, offer counter-advice and opinion, chiding and admonition. But I don't think we need put the weight of the world on them for speaking their mind on a message board on the internet.
Another fine line was brought up by JW, and I think quite rightly. Yes, extremism is bad ... but what about when it's called for? I don't think ANYTHING on the LoT can be as extreme as, say, the Montgomery Bus Boycott. But was that too extreme or not? And if not, can ANYTHING said on the LoT be 'extreme?
BTD, did you mean simply too extreme for polite conversation? I don't see how to keep political conversation polite. I think the best we can hope for is to keep it civil ... and believe me, as far as the internet goes, even the worst excesses of the LoT are civil.
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