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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
Sorry, that came off harsher than intended. Forgive my lack of smilies. Though I will say that the "I know you're a bunch of liberals" preface is pointless and a convenient way to pre-dismiss any response to you. Just have the balls to state your opinion, don't make excuses and don't start straight-off with dismissive lables.
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No worries, though what I actually said was that this is an extremely liberally-biased board...not that you are all just a bunch of liberals. I could see that statement you made as being more cause for dismissal than the one I actually made. If anyone disagrees that most folks on this board are of the liberal mindset (as opposed to more conservative), I'm happy to hear from you. It's not a dismissive label, but rather what I believe to be a statement of fact. Not a big surprise really. It is an environment that tends to attract folks with those sorts of viewpoints and personalities. And generally, I tend to like to hang out with those types of people, regardless of the fact that my political views vary dramatically.
Granted I have not been on in a while...so maybe there was a dramatic shift. Maybe Sceagles and Moorigoon are no longer the only token conservatives. If so...feel free to prove me wrong.
GC- I didn't really believe people would really be angry...that was just a joke...pulp fiction reference. Anyway...and I never said that the board is necessarily closed-minded. However, it is a topic that clearly impassions a lot of people and it is one where most people have already made up their mind. I tried to side-step this by not questining the validity of the war, but rather the role of media. My light-hearted comment about the political direction of this board was just that. I don't get involved in many of these threads, but I do see a definite shared viewpoint by the majority, and some of the retorts against this shared ideology do seem to be frowned upon...resulting in personal attacks by some at times. That's all.
Maybe that's why mom said to never discuss politics or religion. Actually, mom was an idiot...but I think I saw someone on TV say that once.