I disagree..I have gone over my initial post on this, I didn't turn anything 'partisan' until after Mike's all-/inclusive comment..
my very 1st post on this subject expressed my disgust of those making it partsian..
the 'deathers' was already a drudge-headline by the time I made that post at 745am..
I didn't say anything else until 5pm, and that was a pretty awesome, if I say so myself, enhanced quote I heard throughout the day..
true, I did make a single lined "You can hear their eyes rolling" comment.. but again, the other 99.9% of that post was nothing but good feelings on the subject..
my next posts were 100% in respect of the situation... not to do with politics..It wasn't until l after 2 of Mike's "It just seemed weird to me that protecting Obama was your first reaction. I didn't mention Dubya, and if I didn't, no one on this board would" or "Since the only topic you guys seem to be interested in is not "UBL is dead , yah!" , that I decided he wanted to make it partsian, then fine.. we'd make it partsian..
I'll admit my first post was partisan. It should have been because I knew what was coming from the right. And it's still continuing. Anything possible to discredit the President's historic accomplishment has been attempted, including the usual personal smears and lies.
Witness this:
Newsmax and FOX were soooooo anxious to discredit the President they didn't even comprehend his statement:
And finally, last week, I determined that we had enough intelligence to take action, and authorized an operation to get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice.
"Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties. After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body.
By misinterpreting these concise words, the hatred began.
So yes, my posts are partisan. Always have been and always will. For every partisan post on the internet from people like me there's thousands attempting to discredit our president and his actions with lies and rumors.
I challenge anyone here to find one lie in this thread from me. Jokes? Sure. Sarcasm? Hell yes!
Mike has continued to well-honed agenda of
someone elsewhere, who in an attempt to discredit my words, screamed
YOU LIE! and resorted to name calling to discredit my words.
This is my forum. I envisioned this forum to be open game on any and all politicians as long as words are factually based.
In order to prevent this forum into turning into the miserable fuckfest that the muche turned into, the only stipulation I made was this:
As we're all aware, religion and politics bring out the passion of people discussing them. As a free nation, we're given the right to Free Speech by the Constitution. Free Speech, however, comes with it's limits. Let's try to be civil when discussing issues that we're passionate about. Avoid personal attacks. Let's try not to call each other stupid or ignorant or like terms that only degrade the discussion and bring it down to a personal level.
Mind you - this does not apply to persons who have, through their own choice, put themselves and their families in the political spotlight. By doing so, they are fair game.
Since we are a representative democracy here, infractions reported to the preceeding guidelines will be dealt with by myself, ekg, and lilMike. I, for one, do not believe in banning someone who occasionally crosses the line, yet constant and persistent trollish behavior will result in a suspension from the Town Hall for a period set by ekg.
Thank you and enjoy your stay!
Mike is the only person on here who persistently resorts to these antics. Yet, unlike what happened to me, he's not been banned and will never be banned. I don't work that way. As I've said before, you want to be banned go
elsewhere.
Yet, I will not tolerate a continuance of this. (Collective) You want to discuss things civilly. Fine. Stay here. (Collective) You want to degrade your fellow posters with childish name calling?
Not on my forum.
