(02-03-2020 06:30 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  I find this very insulting. Odd coming from the guy who complained about civility. Well, not really, considering the Democratic Double Standard.

Yes, I try to set the record straight. I am not a Republican, a word that when you use it, sounds a lot like leper or nazi. I am a conservative, and support issues i believe in and when called upon to vote, vote for the lesser evil. I have, over nearly seven decades, and through my experiences in business, experiences which you do not share, and through my experiences with Mexico and the Border, experiences which you do not share, come to certain conclusions about certain things. That is what I believe: therefore it is what I am. Over the course of my life, I have moved left to right. I still hold a lot of my old liberal viewpoints - like equal rights for all sorts of people. Lots of things that people in other parties support that I don't like, including the Republican and Libertarian parties. I am not a party animal, certainly not to the extent you are. I wish the Libertarians were mainstream - they would get a lot more of my support. But in most cases, I think throwing my vote to a minority party just helps the greater evil party. Twice since Carter have I not voted for the Republican for President - once I voted for a Democrat, once I voted for nobody. How diverse have your presidential votes been?

I have also, many times, told everybody here of the several diverse sources of news and commentary I listen to. Sorry you only heard the one.

A few questions:

On what basis do you think a thoughtful conservative could not come to certain conclusions without listening to Fox News? Many of my ideas were formed long before Fox News existed. Maybe they are parroting me. I do change, when presented with a thoughtful case that changes my thinking.

On what basis do you link Fox News to the Republican party?

I think your very use of the phrase "Fox News Talking Points" shows that you are brainwashed beyond redemption.


Might as well debate religion with a street corner Bible thumper. Mind set in concrete.

Well, thanks for an entertaining few months.

Sorry, Big, I thought you could be somebody I could talk with. My mistake.

Good luck to you and your family. Hope your daughter sells all of her Girl Scout cookies.

Claims to be here to learn about/debate opposing viewpoints.
Loses it at the slightest indirect implication that he might be hypocritical and repeating fox talking points.
Mutes the most articulate, least judgmental poster from their opposition again (I presume OOwl has done this, since he just took big off mute recently).