Values: Conservative vs. Liberal

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by CastleBravo

Do you have a point to make? Is this gay bashing? For the record I'm not and never will be if that matters to you. Seems I found a one topic Republican voter already.

And your words seem prophetic now as the only one feeding the monster seems to be you. If you can't argue a position with words, then leave it to others, or correct my misunderstanding this picture post.

Buddahaid

It has nothing to do with being gay. It has everything to do with being silly. That is why this topic is so toxic. You started with a benign number of topics, and proceeded to entered a number of liberal/progressive talking points.

[Buddahaid]

OK . Then please bring up conservative non-progressive talking points. If the topic is silly why is so much energy wasted, by so many people, arguing about it in political races, media outlets, rallies, churches, etc. I'm hoping to show people share more ground than not by asking for viewpoints from both camps. Or, do you feel it's silly to try as people would rather fight over differences anyway. Just seems a lot of topics get derailed over just these types of issues and maybe they could be argued here instead.


Buddahaid

Edited after rereading the previous post.

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

OK . Then please bring up conservative non-progressive talking points. If the topic is silly why is so much energy wasted, by so many people, arguing about it in political races, media outlets, rallies, churches, etc. I'm hoping to show people share more ground than not by asking for viewpoints from both camps. Or, do you feel it's silly to try as people would rather fight over differences anyway. Just seems a lot of topics get derailed over just these types of issues and maybe they could be argued here instead.


Buddahaid

Edited after rereading the previous post.

No. I will not feed your toxic animal.

[Buddahaid]

Point taken. I guess it will only serve to further polarize SUBSIM members in the long run, and I'll let it die on its own.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Buddahaid

EDIT: Rather a shame really, as it says a lot about how much humanity still needs to grow if we can't even agree to talk out differences.

[Kapt Z]

Silence is more polarizing than any discussion.

[Thomen]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

EDIT: Rather a shame really, as it says a lot about how much humanity still needs to grow if we can't even agree to talk out differences.

For what it is worth:
Aslong as you are willing not to be bothered by certain individuals, you will find that you can talk about anything (as long as Neal plays along, that is). Unfortunately, there are those who seem to be so unsecure about themselves and their political views, that instead of staying out of a discussion, they will try to derail it just to make themself or their view of politic appear to be superior.

As a foreigner living in this country, I am certainly very interested in the fundamentals of both sides. Preferably untainted by the media and bloger sphere.