(06-29-2020 10:29 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(06-29-2020 10:14 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(06-29-2020 10:01 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(06-29-2020 09:14 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(06-29-2020 08:49 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Now I will do my best Big impression:

You misunderstand me. How can you? I am always so clear in my own mind.

I just said (speaking more plainly now) that there is a tendency of the leftists on this board to go away when they do not like the way the discussion is going. Multiple cases. Big, you, FBO, and even to a certain extent, Lad. It is just an observation.

Interesting that both you and Big bring up fun(joy). I don't think I get a lot of fun or joy out of this either. But I care about what is happening in the world and country, And I care about how those happenings will affect me and my family, and I need somebody who is pushing for what i consider negative changes to explain to me "why?".

Why are you people pushing for capital gains tax increases, for example. Why a wealth tax? Why do you think that is a good thing to do for the country? And if you believe those are wrong, why are you planning to vote for that platform?

Best I can tell, as I have said many times, my priorities are tax/fiscal policy and foreign policy. I think the goals of most leftists/democrats are rooted in social policy, with finance completely ignored. They ignore fiscal policy except where it impinges on social policy. There seems to be this idea that that the Democrats are the anti-racists and the Republicans the pro-racists(!), and so any cost is OK in the battle against racism. Much like knights going forth to battle for the Holy Land in the Crusades, little thought is given to anything else or long term results.

Why don't the liberals on here post more often?

(proceeds to mock a liberal poster they're talking about and then paint a personal picture of liberals as being ignorant and short sighted, which they expect the liberal posters to defend/address)

Why do you guys always misunderstand my posts? I guess I will just have to go hide until you learn some manners.

I don't know... I kind of view this forum like I view Rice sports. I attend games when I find them worth carving out time for. When I get zero enjoyment out of them (the end of the WW era in BB for example) I don't go.

I don't think it's "hiding" per se... I think it's deciding where your priorities lie (and we all have different priorities). When I find myself feeling irritated from time spent here, I back off. I have plenty of irritation in my daily life and I find little reason add more unnecessarily. Sorry if that's not considered "brave".

We hear all sorts of excuses for disappearing, and I guess yours is as good or better than any.

I think all of us have plenty of irritation in our lives. If anybody here is posting from Nirvana, speak up.

I am irritated by my sister, and the local tax office, and the noise from the nearby construction, and people whose dogs run loose, and, and, and....


I am irritated by the negative impact of Democratic policies on my life and on the life of my family. Before Covid, I was enjoying the positive impacts on my life and the life of my family through Trump's economic policies. I would not want to give those up because he was rude to a journalist. It does irritate me greatly that the supporters of the left seem to either ignore or worse, support, those bad policies advocated for by the socialists. Now, THAT is truly irritating.

I don't think any of the leftists here support those socialistic policies, which would explain why they would rather ignore the questions. But it is frustrating to me that they support them indirectly, with their votes.

I feel the same way. It is frustrating to me that you guys support probable irreversible environmental catastrophes, indirectly, with your votes. That may hyperbole and I recognize that you guys aren't on the same page as me when it comes to climate change.

But climate change is one of my "show stoppers" (to use #'s term). I care much more about a candidate's approach to climate change than I do their tax platform.

To each their own.