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In reply to the discussion: This is hard... [View all]defacto7
(13,485 posts)You are a highly respected and an asset to this community. Fight for your position and defend it and when the going gets too crazy just take a break away from that conflict. But just leaving is not helpful to your cause or the education we all seek. I should know. I left last week, then realized how useless it was to just disappear. I sucked it up, decided to try seek changes to my own manner and jumped back in.. a little egg on face but that doesn't matter.
You belong here as much as anyone and I sure we all want your input to make this place the microcosm of America that it is.
I'm an atheist. That compels me to be as straightforward and honest as I can be, which also means I need to stand firm on issues that have reasonable facts to back it up. But it also compels me to change my mind if the information changes. So... change my mind.
Don't take people's opinion personally even if you feel it is personal. You opinion still counts and is worth as much or more than the manipulative comments you perceive. If the reason in an argument fails, it will eventually crash... as it should.
Stick around. Make this place better by giving us you and allowing others to be as well...
...no matter how ugly it seems at times.