The importance of community

[DTB2]

Right

and then you post more to support your persecution complex. Too rich.

 

[exGOPer]

and then you post more to support your persecution complex. Too rich.

Was I replying to you? Did you not read my earlier post, I never complained when you Cons attacked me and others, I paid back in kind and will continue to do so. Somebody asked nicely the reasons and I explained why, nobody asked you for your profile of behaviorism.

 

[DTB2]

Was I replying to you? Did you not read my earlier post, I never complained when you Cons attacked me and others, I paid back in kind and will continue to do so. Somebody asked nicely the reasons and I explained why, nobody asked you for your profile of behaviorism.

Oh, I see. The great liberal defender of/for others. Got it, thanks.

 

[exGOPer]

Oh, I see. The great liberal defender of/for others. Got it, thanks.

Not just great, the greatest.

Who cares but its funny seeing Ex-GOPer wipe the floor clean with some of these far right cement heads.

 

[gwb-trading]

Was I replying to you? Did you not read my earlier post, I never complained when you Cons attacked me and others, I paid back in kind and will continue to do so. Somebody asked nicely the reasons and I explained why, nobody asked you for your profile of behaviorism.

How about everyone turning a page and focus on discussing the issues -- rather than an escalating battle of insults.

The entire thing is starting to resemble the Israeli / Palestinian conflict. No rationality, escalating rhetoric, and no one willing to meet in the middle ground.

 

[exGOPer]

How about everyone turning a page and focus on discussing the issues -- rather than an escalating battle of insults.

The entire thing is starting to resemble the Israeli / Palestinian conflict. No rationality, escalating rhetoric, and no one willing to meet in the middle ground.

When you take someone's land and then keep taking more of it using force, ignore all mediation and rule of international law while clinging to religion, how can a conflict end. As I said, one side resorts to bullying, playing nice means you quit in disgust eventually like most non right-wingers on the board. Fredrick Foresight did that and I have thought about not posting as well, but then that means you guys get what you want.

 

[gwb-trading]

When you take someone's land and then keep taking more of it using force, ignore all mediation and rule of international law while clinging to religion, how can a conflict end.

But of course we are now entirely derailing into another subject.... sorry I even brought it into the current context.

The question remains if you and other posters on ET in the Politics forum are willing to take steps to be move civil to one another in your discourse.

I am not going to point fingers and focus on blame (there is plenty to go around IMO opinion on all sides of the political spectrum) -- the question is "who is willing to back off from hurling insults, be the bigger man, and focus on discussing the issues without demeaning others".

What can we do to make the ET community better?

 

[exGOPer]

But of course we are now entirely derailing into another subject.... sorry I even brought it into the current context.

The question remains if you and other posters on ET in the Politics forum are willing to take steps to be move civil to one another on your discourse.

I am not going to point fingers and focus on blame (there is plenty to go around IMO opinion on all sides of the political spectrum) -- the question is "who is willing to back off from hurling insults, be the bigger man, and focus on discussing the issues without demeaning others".

What can we do to make the ET community better?

Call out your side when they make shitposts or are uncivil.

 

[gwb-trading]

Call out your side when they make shitposts or are uncivil.

I have just provided one example of that and can provide others.

Will you "call out your side when they make shitposts or are uncivil"?

I think this is more a matter of personal self-restraint by all individuals than calling others out.

 

[lawrence-lugar]

This evening I attended the holiday party

At our table of ten there was a Muslim couple (he is a pharma research PhD), Jewish couple (both are accountants), a couple from India (Hindu & he works doing software development, two ladies who co-reside (you get what I mean), and my wife & myself.

I had a very excellent evening. Everyone got along.

if we can all get along then why can't others do the same. We all come from different backgrounds, have different political opinions, and different cultural customs... but yet we have an excellent time together for the evening.

Why can't people on ET do the same?

Those are civilized, accomplished and educated people.

If you throw in a more diverse, or dumb, or angry and bitter and mass crowd...then things and indifferences will easily arise.