Everyone Is Now Unblocked
I have seen that many of us liberal bloggers have been called cowards because we have blocked certain people from participating on our blogs.
If you are here to argue, you will probably be blocked again. I don’t have the time to argue, that is for the school yard. I grew up a few years ago. Arguments are usually based on emotions and beliefs and have nothing to do with facts. I have let myself be drawn into these arguments and no longer wish to participate.
If you are here to debate, I welcome you. Debates, unlike arguments are based on facts. People can and do draw different conclusions from the same set of facts.
It has been said that opinions are like assholes. Everybody has one. This is true. However, if your opinion is based on hearsay and does not hold up to facts, your opinion is not welcome on my blog. I prefer to debate with intelligent people.
Some of you have need of a lesson in critical thinking, so I am putting a video about critical thinking on this blog. Everyone is encouraged to watch it before commenting.
Cool video. You realize most people can find links on the internet to support any position they want to take. Many people jump to conclusions on my position on many issues. They assume that because I’m a Republican, that I’m against Gay marriage. They are wrong. People assume I’m against the Legalization Of Drugs…and they’d be wrong. People think I’d be against legalized prostitution…and they’d be wrong. people think that because I’m a Republican, that I dislike all Democrats. They’d be wrong. Many of my favorite politicians from the past and present are Zell Miller, John F. Kennedy and Joe Lieberman. Heck…even Bill Clinton has a soft spot in my heart. It takes courage to take a position and voice your support of it. I respect that. All this blocking that has been going on does not stimulate conversation…it just places your blog in a position that only people that agree with you can comment. That…is sad. The blog I wrote earlier today was written tongue in cheek using reductio ad absurdum, I used an extremely ignorant example to show how people are isolating themselves from debate. Good luck, John. I have the utmost respect for Freebird…as she is a blogger of great courage. And I respect you for being an example of what an adult is suppose to be. It does not hurt me to here OPINIONS that disagee with mine. If it did, I’d quit blogging. I’m not a Journalist…I’m just an old guy that has the courage to voice my OPINION. Have a nice day John.
Very good video, though I am not at all convinced about the ability of persons to be taught or learn critical thinking. :entertained:
I call this the annual reminder. Some one posts it or something similar every year, a valiant attempt Mr S.
Ha ha ha! Liberals being called cowards. Yet most of us manage to not piss our pants at the sight of a Muslim or go into fear convulsions whenever someone mentions Sharia Law. I’ve even heard that some of us manage to go to out in public without guns too.
As for blocking. I don’t see it as cowardice to not invite angry and insulting people to the family cook-out. Especially when they only know how to say the same five things over and over and over.
Good write …. please, we must all accept that there will always be people on opposite sides of the fence. It is the people who allow their anger and hatred of differing opinions to manifest itself in personal attacks rather than the issues that needs curtailing.
Sighhhhhhhhhhh…I did opposite today..I block someone…simply didn’t need the aggravation. Its scary never knowing if its MAri ana or her husband using her profile. So I blocked away. First person and hopefully last. 😯
Goodluck John, its a crazy arse blog world out there! Together we can now dream of a better tomorrow, where liberals can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives. 😆
I take this as an olive branch.
and I assume I am forgiven?
for comparing the great Obama to Chimps
just as His glorious predecessor G Duh Bush.
and the rest of the evil monkeys is congress ext…
I am NOT a Racist, I hate them all just the same.
they are Evil Monkeys in Monkey suits…
But, I do Admit, I am Wrong.
-for putting down chimps and monkeys like this.(comparing them to Politicians) 😆
-PEACE! 8)
I block when I see that the person I am blocking will be somebody that I will NEVER agree with on hardly ANYTHING, or if they get so personal in their attacks toward me that its OFF limits to even the teeniest type of respect.
If somebody wants to blame only liberals for sex crimes, they will be blocked.
if somebody wants to continuously show paranoid conspiracy theories as something to bring into a political argument, they will be blocked.
if somebody wants to do NOTHING but insult and not do anything else. They will be blocked.
The reason I do this while knowing they are still in blogs I go to is that they are FORBIDDEN to even CONVERSE with me so long as I have them blocked and I tell them they are.
If that rule wasn’t there, blocking would be useless because then they could still pester me.
I think all 3 of my above reasons are valid because I have no time for constant, purposeful BS.
I guess I missed a couple of things while I was away. I do however know who said that, as I received a couple of messages about it. As far as being a coward goes, I have been called much worse by way better people in my lifetime. I have to admit of all the words to describe me most people wouldn’t count coward as one of them.
I will repeat here and also as often as needed, that I blocked because I don’t want to see these peoples blogs in the stream. I have absolutely no reason to want or need to see their lie based opinions, ever. I don’t block because I’m scared or trying to keep them from replying on my blogs. That just happens to be a side effect of the blocking. I say stop your fucking whining or write blogs that are facts instead of ignorant rantings by a ineptitude idiot. Or even fuck you, I do as I want and I have no plans of unblocking you whether you want to be a pussy about it or not 😉