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Originally Posted by Irishmen
I feel same way about topics this board has gotten old. A respectful conversation hearing different opinions from my own would be a fresh change.
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At one time I too was against the political exchanges on this forum. There were a couple of personalities that no longer post that were so full of disdain, and so bitter that it almost made my jaws ache from clenching my teeth.
In the recent for some reason allowed political discussions I found that both sides
for the most part showed respect and were able to present their view as if they were present in the room. I found myself listening with my brain and my heart to what they had to say. I find that I agree with gomoho that we elders do have a lot of accrued knowledge and experience that makes us somewhat experts on life and living and how things "should" be done. I was surprised at many views and wondered to myself why anyone would hold them and then began to form opinions on that as well.
I don't know if I learned anything about issues but I learned a great deal about people, the good, the bad and the ugly and I also learned a lot about what people call short sightedness and hatred and most of all I learned a lot about patience. I don't know if I learned any new answers but I found a whole lot of new questions.
I learned to like some folks on both sides more and some far less.
Just my two cents.
Waiting for a penny change please.