That does not answer my question. As always this Canadian forum which is comprised mostly of far right Canadians endlessly attacks Obama but never makes even the slightest attempt to offer meannigful solutions to the mess created by Bush and the Republicans.
You have now spent a number of months attacking and criticizing Obama. Is this what the forum will be like for the next three years? Republicans have been attacking the Democrats but continually lose election after election because they do not offer alternatives to the mess they created. How will your endless attacks solve anything for you of the far right ??
In the last little while I have seen several posts akin to this one, on various threads. It appears the posters are unhappy with opinions differing from their own.
Here is the crux of the issue as I see it.
On a discussion board like this one its fairly important to realize that a diverse group of individuals(possibly including aliens from a distant galaxy)are going to have widely diverging opinions.
Especially on hot button topics like religion and politics.
As my Mom used to say; " If we were all identical it sure would get boring around here".
A good debater can see both sides of any position.
A really,really good debater can argue either side of just about any subject with equal skill.
The trick in a debate is not to try and insult or demean the opposition. The object should be to try and convince others that your particular viewpoint is rational and believable.
If one side argues a position calmly and effectively and the other side gets annoyed and insulting its fairly obvious to me who is winning the discussion.
I submit that the possibility exists that when some people believe a discussion forum is overwhelmingly inhabited by people with differing or erroneous political positions it is because they are not stepping back and viewing things with a critical eye.
Lets just say, for arguments sake, I hold far right political beliefs.
Any posts that espouse far right beliefs I view as normal.
Any posts that support centre- right beliefs I view as slightly vague and wishy washy but otherwise normal.
I don't really remember or take note of any of these posts because they are all somewhat obvious and redundant.
However any left wing post I view as outrageous,unbelievable, erroneous, immoral, unconvincing and ethically flawed.
Obviously I remember and take note of those posts.
Soon all I see is a forum infested with lies and warped viewpoints.
Hypothetically speaking.
So the answer becomes either your viewpoints are way, way out there.
Or you need to step back and look at things with a wider scope.
Trex