2016 Postmortem

Todays_Illusion

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38. H20 Man, I agree. I want to add, there is a difference between stating ones opinion and selling an

Sun May 15, 2016, 01:01 PM

May 2016

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idea. We should be able to state our onions, and decline defending them if we choose. If we seek agreement, or purchase of what we say, then evidence is required to support the statement.

It is ok if we disagree on some issues.

Saying I disagree is a better way to have a dialog than, you are an idiot. I have been disappointed at how stifled the dialog here is. There are the ones who can only say, you are an idiot, and the overly sensitive who can't bear to see an opinion that differs from their own.

I appreciate your post H20 Man.

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Entering Philadelphia [View all] H2O Man May 2016 OP

beautifully said. n/t Merryland May 2016 #1

Thanks. H2O Man May 2016 #2

Your post this morning is like the fresh air when you open the outhouse door hootinholler May 2016 #3

That is an amazing way to put it. (nt) apnu May 2016 #5

I was letting my Appalachian roots show. n/t hootinholler May 2016 #36

I agree! H2O Man May 2016 #40

Thanks you! H2O Man May 2016 #6

K & R! apnu May 2016 #4

Thanks! H2O Man May 2016 #7

So long as it remains civilized and people abide by the vote at the convention. Zynx May 2016 #8

I trust the H2O Man May 2016 #10

That is exactly what this posts means. Demsrule86 May 2016 #11

We don't need your forgiveness. Fawke Em May 2016 #12

Can you really live with that? snort May 2016 #28

Hee hee. Fawke Em May 2016 #32

Lol Champion Jack May 2016 #33

Well at least Nixon was more Progressive than Clinton bahrbearian May 2016 #17

Now you're just inventing alternative realities out of whole cloth. Zynx May 2016 #34

With Nixon we got the EPA, with Clinton we got Fracking. bahrbearian May 2016 #35

True. H2O Man May 2016 #41

Interesting. H2O Man May 2016 #37

Thanks for giving me the words. bahrbearian May 2016 #43

This message was self-deleted by its author artislife May 2016 #24

Your Gandhi quote is on point. I shake my head when the hillarians excuse her 65 year Doctor_J May 2016 #9

Thank you. H2O Man May 2016 #14

"before Nevada".....and trust in process is the same as "system". ViseGrip May 2016 #13

I was tempted H2O Man May 2016 #15

Bernie has been the needed spark Merryland May 2016 #16

Interesting! H2O Man May 2016 #20

I'm with you on that - I don't want a third party Merryland May 2016 #26

Great question. H2O Man May 2016 #30

I agree jpmonk91 May 2016 #45

I feel as though it's fate farleftlib May 2016 #18

Ring that liberty bell! Let's fill the streets. Merryland May 2016 #19

Thanks! H2O Man May 2016 #21

Bernie is our last chance at that "peaceful" bit. Barack_America May 2016 #22

JFk nailed it farleftlib May 2016 #25

Hillary is one thing but the DNC gang is another. There are lots more than meets the eye... kgnu_fan May 2016 #29

Interesting. H2O Man May 2016 #27

I want to be clear... Barack_America May 2016 #42

Right. H2O Man May 2016 #44

It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration. Thomas Paine Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #23

Very good! H2O Man May 2016 #31

H20 Man, I agree. I want to add, there is a difference between stating ones opinion and selling an Todays_Illusion May 2016 #38

Very well said. H2O Man May 2016 #39

Cool post jpmonk91 May 2016 #46

K&R Scuba May 2016 #47