Originally Posted by Guest

I believe that some are bit over dramatic and sensitive to those that oppose their view. You can not be PC and still have a realistic debate. Someone is going to get heated and angry. That's life everywhere in the world. Do you really want a world where your speech is controlled and censured? Do you really want the moderator to ban folks from here if you find something they said to be offensive? That's not the American way.

The other day, a neighbor mentioned the ugly politics going on this year. She is a Democrat. She is for Hillary. It was everything my wife and I could do not to get baited into a debate with her because we enjoy her company. Manners prohibited me from expounding on Hillary's atrocities that she has perpetrated. We decided NOT to discuss politics with friends because they have a tendency to take it as a personal affront if we do not agree with them.

This is a great forum for openly discussing your feelings regarding the political circus. If you don't like someone disagreeing with you, then this is not the forum for you. If you take anything personal and lose sleep over something someone says on here, then this is not the forum for you. This is not a safe zone or politics free zone. This is a no holds barred political debate where a lot of good information is mixed with a lot of personal frustrations. This is good for many people, a place to get it all out. It's therapeutic as well as informative. Politics is serious when it comes to the future of America. If one cannot handle anyone adamantly disagreeing with them, then a political forum is not for them. Taking something personal on an anonymous forum is kind of ludicrous. These people do not hate you. They hate the way America is headed. They hate the inability to stop a runaway train. It's certainly not a personal attack, even if some are so frustrated that they strike out personally.

Either participate in an effort to add your insight to the situation, or bow out. I do not understand why anyone would find the need to announce that they are leaving the forum because someone else did not conform to their idea of order and decorum. It is what it is. Why would anyone want something shut down based on people not agreeing with them and/or being a bit rude to their anonymous comment?

There are plenty of other political forums that are probably more suitable to your standards and decorum. Thanks for participating here, for the time you did.