Just a Thought

[lyman]

due to some recent threads I took it upon myself to post this as a friendly reminder,

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Last edited by Jeff L; 05-24-2012 at 08:

thought some could use a friendly reminder,


just sayin

[togor]

I only talk politics in the political forum. In the other sections, I stay on topic. Same for 'trax and Sandpebble and others. And yet some people think the political forum, an afterthought, is the only one that matters, and they feel entitled to not encounter any disagreement. How is that not old men acting like like spoiled children? I get called every name in the book and you don't see me whining.

[dryheat]

In a word; Politics are argumentive(I don't know anyway else to spell it). If it wasn't for togar this venue would be pretty boring. I sure as heck don't agree with every one of his posts.

[togor]

There's so much out there we could talk about but don't in order to keep feelings from getting too damaged. But I'll bring up the idea of majority thinking. Allen likes majority rule when he's in the majority (say here, politically), but dislikes majority rule in the outside world if the Dems take power. The bottom line is that Allen just wants what he wants, and will use whatever argument is handy to try to get it. Me, me, me, me, says Allen.

[Allen]

In a word; Politics are argumentive(I don't know anyway else to spell it). If it wasn't for togar this venue would be pretty boring. I sure as heck don't agree with every one of his posts.

It should be boring. Who wants to see a bunch of liberal nonsense crap on a conservative gun forum?

[togor]

It should be boring. Who wants to see a bunch of liberal nonsense crap on a conservative gun forum?

Needing external validation is actually very common. This could help.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-objective-leader/201506/do-you-have-external-validation-mental-model

Money quote:

In many cases, we choose to associate with people whose opinions we value and respect—some psychologists call this the “in-group”—and we seek approval and validation from them. The opinions of this in-group become the basis for how we value ourselves and for our self-acceptance.

The problem, given what we now know, is that if you base your self-concept on what you think others think of you, then you will always be vulnerable.

[Mark in Ottawa]

Thanks for posting. Personally, I don't mind political disagreements as long as the discussion is polite and the arguments are logical and directed at the policies being discussed rather than at an individual who holds a different view. I would note that while most of us are probably conservative in our thinking, even conservatives are not uniform in their views.

[lyman]

bumpity

[Vern Humphrey]

In a word; Politics are argumentive(I don't know anyway else to spell it). If it wasn't for togar this venue would be pretty boring. I sure as heck don't agree with every one of his posts.

It's still boring. What's interesting about. "I hate Trump, I hate Trump, I hate Trump, and you guys don't need all those nasty guns?"

[togor]

It's still boring. What's interesting about. "I hate Trump, I hate Trump, I hate Trump, and you guys don't need all those nasty guns?"

What's interesting about false claims about stuff you admit to not reading? I do agree that dislike of Trump is by itself far too commonplace to be compelling. The why of it can be worth discussing, and for me personally, the capacity of some to give Trump a pass for behaviours roundly condemned when found in others.

[blackhawknj]

Non-argumentative politics ? That's what they had in the GDR and the USSR and that's the goal of Socialists in this country. The government, the elite decides everything, all the people are allowed to do is ratify that and express their "gratitude".
And it often seems it's the Liberals and Leftists who are the quickest to engage and ad hominem attacks-which is right out of Lenin's playbook.

[lyman]

seems some still need to read the rules....


so bumpity bump

[lyman]

refresher from last september