Ready to admit your were wrong?

[vienna]

Bubbles, just found a new avatar for you:





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[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Excellent observation.


You might be surprised. There are guidelines and some rules, so it's not that easy to do what you want.


So am I, and sometimes I go to far. That's one of Neal's jobs, keeping his staff in line. I've made more than a few mistakes, and I sometimes call myself a Nazi where the rules are concerned. But we learn, and a part of that learning is finding out how the boss wants things run. We even get to disagree sometimes. I sometimes also disagree more than I should, but Neal is always willing to listen and to talk things over rationally. It's not that hard, mainly because he makes it so. You'd probably do better than you think.

It's not really keeping anyone in line. I would hope it's more of a cooperative effort.

As for banning people who post what many consider nutty opinions, is that really the best way to approach it? I prefer to reserve banning for straight out violations of the rules. So what if one or two guys think Obama is gearing up to take over the country. That kind of thinking does not threaten my concept of reality.

Now, if someone topic spams 10 threads to the same tune, I can see pulling out the ban hammer for that.

[vienna]

...I can see pulling out the ban hammer for that.

It's finally out: Neal is actually Thor!...


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[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by vienna

It's finally out: Neal is actually Thor!...


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Well guess that means that the topic spammers had better stay Loki.

[Wolferz]

I'm sorry I convinced you to have an open mind.
How was I to know that your brain would fall out?
Maybe a hair net would solve the problem?
I freely admit that I was wrong.

[Bubblehead1980]

Originally Posted by vienna

Bubbles, just found a new avatar for you:





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it's authori-tye

[Bubblehead1980]

Amazes me the number of members who implore the mods to ban those they dislike. Really, should stop and see how wrong that is and ask yourself where you went wrong as a person. I may find left wingers ridiculous and will call them out, antagonize, argue etc but you'll never hear me say "shut them up, ban them" because that is a key element of liberty, freedom of speech. I despise MSNBC but I will be honest, I watch it, mainly as a know they enemy thing and for a good laugh. Occasionally, I agree with what is said.I dislike what many classmates say, but would never try to ban them etc, just fight the battles with the facts and try to expose those who are unaware.I know I have made a difference, after years of fighting this battle, I have seen several wake up, I have seen a large number of our citizens wake up, it's a process for sure.

Liberals are usually the ones who call for manipulation of free speech, via the "fairness doctrine" or just outright suppression because they can't win on ideas and they know it.Honestly, has any liberal presidential candidate in recent years floating any ideas that really make sense? No, they play identity politics.Race, class, gender, sexual orientation etc They use emotion based rhetoric to try and fool the populace into voting for an empty chair.Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not, it did the last two cycles.

Conservatives(not Republicans) but real conservatives float ideas, like follow the constitution, stop the economic rape via taxes and debt, stop trying to play beat cop for the world, demand respect for individual rights.Crazy things like that, i know.Republican neocon and RINO's caused a lot of damage because they were lumped in the collective psyche of many uninformed voters as conservatives.

All of that aside, the point of the thread was to see if anyone of my online friends in the forum were willing to admit they regret their vote and support for Barack Hussein Obama.I was curious since I've had a couple of friends in day to day life admit they were wrong. Despite what certain members will say, I will admit when I am wrong.

I was wrong to not check out a story a while back(the photo thing, the young kids in tactical gear, turned out to not be DHS but some police explorers or something) but does that mean I am wrong about other things? no. We all make mistakes.

[desertstriker]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980

Barack Hussein Obama.

I really wish you would stop using his middle name. you use it as blatant disrespect for the commander in chief. I have no love for Obama either, but i make sure i refer to him with the respect due to the office of president.

[Bubblehead1980]

Originally Posted by desertstriker

I really wish you would stop using his middle name. you use it as blatant disrespect for the commander in chief. I have no love for Obama either, but i make sure i refer to him with the respect due to the office of president.

Deserves not one ounce of respect.Respect is earned, not automatic, he has done nothing to earn respect.

[eddie]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980

Deserves not one ounce of respect.Respect is earned, not automatic, he has done nothing to earn respect.

Exactly how I always felt about Cheney, not worth an ounce of respect.

[Bubblehead1980]

Originally Posted by eddie

Exactly how I always felt about Cheney, not worth an ounce of respect.

I once liked him, admired him telling Leahy to go f himself on the Senate floor lol but once learned about him, no a fan.Does not compare to BHO by any means but definitely not a great guy.

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980

Deserves not one ounce of respect.Respect is earned, not automatic, he has done nothing to earn respect.

The same could be said of you.What have you done to deserve any respect from your peers?

In the military the idea is respect the rank not the person.Of course with your attitude you would not last 10 seconds in the military and my saying that has nothing to do with your political opinions but simply the attitude that you display.even if you did make it you would have very few friends.

[Wolferz]

All of that aside, the point of the thread was to see if anyone of my online friends in the forum were willing to admit they regret their vote and support for Barack Hussein Obama.

Assuming that they committed the accused action.
I know I'm innocent. Getting the rest to fess up is another matter entirely.

But, why worry about it? I'm sure they rue it and will suffer the consequences in silence.
You know what they say...
"There's a sucker born every minute"
Probably thought they were voting for Lionel Ritchie.

[soopaman2]

I enjoy your posts Bubbles.

Most of them enrage me, but hey, that is why I read GT.

Something about you irks people, and with most people I would call it pure trollery, but with you, it is sincerity.

Keep up the good work, ruffling feathers evokes legit discussion.

I am not remorseful for voting for Obama.

2 word reason.

Sarah Palin.

Blame her, not liberals for the current crap we live in. Alot of on the fence people felt the same as me.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980

Amazes me the number of members who implore the mods to ban those they dislike.

No one here as ever asked for a ban on someone because they disliked them. Some people find your posts and attitude to constitute trolling. I'm not one of them, but I understand why they feel that way, and I've tried to explain it until I've pretty much run out of ways of trying to get through.

People react to us because of the way we say things. Saying you don't care what people think of you just exacerbates the problem. If you really want to convince people to listen and learn you need to adopt a more conciliatory tone. As the old saying goes, "You'll catch more flies with honey than with vinegar". Bragging about the people you've been confrontational with doesn't help either. How many more might you have convinced if you had talked to them properly, as if you were trying to help rather than just win?