Blind, political alignments?
i don't have a continued, argumentative political agenda on this, or on any other, matter
i just see the world through a different prism of experiences, culture, ideas and opinions to you
Umm, what part of "we agree" don't you understand?
Frankly, I've noted many times when you've disagreed with people, while they've stated they very much agree with you. That's what I meant by "continued, argumentative political agenda."
I don't know why people feel the need to disagree with me, when I have the same viewpoint on something, other than out of blind, political alignment. I've gotten so many PM's about being a "right winger" on this board (and a few, rare "left winger" comments), and the opposite on some other boards. And all boards seem to have people who agree, "I'm wishy-washy." "Wishy washy" because my viewpoints seem to agree with the right at times, but the left at other times? Many, that just makes me laugh.
This "versus" stuff needs to
end. Take what I say at face-value, and don't feel compelled to disagree with me because you think my views don't fit to your left, right or whatever political alignment. Think for yourself, not what you feel must be "wrong" because ProfV is a Republican, Democrat, American, former defense/NASA engineer, etc... and you don't agree with those folk.
That's what I love about Roughneck and many others, including Lady Love (although I feel sometimes she's a bit too cliche/mainstream "popularist" in her post, which I don't feel she actually is inside, so she shouldn't post that way to cater to others IMHO, and probably why I pick on her too much). I've noticed McRocket has returned, and I know I'm going to get
railed regularly merely because he thinks I'm a biased (insert the appropriate label for the discussion he wants to use for me) whatever.
People say people should respect others. Let's start by recognizing where we agree, not disagree, when we actually do. This nuclear discussion was a perfect example. I pointed out deterrent, and
why if fails for Iran, and what me
should do about it. Nukes are scary. Nukes are bad. But nukes, sadly enough, are real, and people will obtain them if they can. 99.9% of the people in the world don't want them, myself included, but many people realize if we don't have them, others will. And there is a deterrent factor that the people who don't use them (and I'm sorry, get off the WWII boat unless you want to bring up
all the factors of "genocide" in that war that happened outside the US, even by the Japanese, to a much worse level), from those who
have repeatedly claimed they will use them!
Let's not stoop to blind, political alignment
based on assumptions about people, instead of
what they actually say. I know the concept of an American Libertarian, one in touch with the history of American Republicanism, seems heavily foreign, "too conservative, while making sense and not being traditionally/politically conservative" (as the latter is easy to demonize as simple minded), but not fitting the more traditionally liberal aspects which clearly mean America, and its citizens (especially those who you think voted for W., even if we did not), is "just wrong about everything."
Don't be sheep. We Americans certainly aren't. I think there are enough Americans on this board that should suggest exactly that. On the other hand, the same-old, tired arguments make me wonder about select people at times. But
at not time have I (let alone the overwhelming majority of Americans here, in stark comparison to non-Americans)
*EVER* stereotyped and labeled peopled *COLLECTIVELY* like I
*CONTINUALLY* see you make of us Americans!
Note that. People, for heaven's sake, note that!
