Verte, that's pretty cool, that agreement-that's a good idea. And the rest of your post was very interesting, too, the fact that you kinda have views from both sides in you and everything. I'm kinda the same way-for the most part, my views lean to the left, but there's a couple issues here and there where I can totally side with the conservatives, too.
Also, BluberryPoptart, you're very welcome
. I totally agree that people shouldn't be afraid to speak their mind, even if they know that their views won't be very popular with people. But I can completely understand wanting to take a break, too. God, this is my first year I'll be voting in a presidential election, and I'm already feeling a slight burn out like a lot of you. I remember February of this year in particular was a frustrating month for me-so much stuff was going on that month in the news that was getting me all riled up...and then I realized that I still had to sit through about eight more months of that kind of thing before November. Definitely not a fun thing to realize.
I personally still intend on debating this stuff, though, just 'cause I think it's in my blood to be all opinionated and stuff
. But if somebody else here feels it's better for them to take a break and deal with less stressful stuff, that's totally understandable-I'd much rather that be their reason for leaving this area of the boards than their reason being that they didn't feel welcome here or something. Nobody should ever feel that way.
I think this is an excellent idea:
Originally posted by LoveTown
I ask all FYMers to do just ONE thing. If you come across a post and it makes you mad and you are tempted to say something mean spirited please take a deep breath, count to 10 and think about the situation a bit BEFORE you post.
Yes. Add to that that perhaps it'd be best to read the post again carefully and see if you possibly
thought it was mean-spirited when it really wasn't. I know that can be kinda hard to tell on the Internet at times, but there are ways to figure it out, so...
Anywho, yeah, that idea works for me
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Originally posted by LoveTown
And yep, I have to remember to do this myself!!
So will I. I've been known to lose my cool on occasion in debates with people before, too, so yeah, I'll definitely have to keep this in mind.
This is good, people, this is nice.
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Angela