If there is anything I want people to take away politically from talking with me, it is this:
1) Not all tea-party advocates are Nazis, racists, fascists, etc. The core of the movement is based on Libertarian values concerning freedom of individuals; the media tends to focus solely on the idiots of the movement without actually looking at the other people in it. There are large factions within the tea party who disagree with each other as well; some favour the death penalty, others oppose it; some are pro-choice, others are pro-life.
2) There are Libertarians in all walks of life, whether they are poor, rich, "middle class", white, black, coloured, uneducated, or have 4 PhD's. It isn't fair to stereotype us as a subset of the above, just as it isn't fair to stereotype all Democrats as socialists, or all Republicans as racists.
3) I will speak amicably with anyone who respects my opinions for what they are. I will try (I'm only human) to refrain from using ad hominems or launching into insulting rants about individuals. However, if you start to disrespect my opinions or start comparing me to Nazis, I will refuse point-blank to discuss things with you further. So far this only applies to one individual on the forums, and I hope that people take on the actual message in the OP (rather than bickering about the choice of thread title) and do not lower themselves to this level of childish and petty behaviour.
1) Not all tea-party advocates are Nazis, racists, fascists, etc. The core of the movement is based on Libertarian values concerning freedom of individuals; the media tends to focus solely on the idiots of the movement without actually looking at the other people in it. There are large factions within the tea party who disagree with each other as well; some favour the death penalty, others oppose it; some are pro-choice, others are pro-life.
2) There are Libertarians in all walks of life, whether they are poor, rich, "middle class", white, black, coloured, uneducated, or have 4 PhD's. It isn't fair to stereotype us as a subset of the above, just as it isn't fair to stereotype all Democrats as socialists, or all Republicans as racists.
3) I will speak amicably with anyone who respects my opinions for what they are. I will try (I'm only human) to refrain from using ad hominems or launching into insulting rants about individuals. However, if you start to disrespect my opinions or start comparing me to Nazis, I will refuse point-blank to discuss things with you further. So far this only applies to one individual on the forums, and I hope that people take on the actual message in the OP (rather than bickering about the choice of thread title) and do not lower themselves to this level of childish and petty behaviour.
(June 2, 2011 at 3:01 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Can somebody get this guy into the Gauntlet already?He hasn't done anything wrong. Unless you are reading some other post that I seem to have looked over.
