Reply #178: I'm not a huge poster here so take this to heart if you can

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Many people myself included come to forums like DU and FR to learn and keep up on the issues. Most of us rarely post as we feel the need to learn rather than inform.

You say you never changed a single mind at FR and I disagree with you 100%. I commend the time you spent there and believe minds were changed. No you will never change the loud and proud on the forums but those that come to learn do read what you post and learn.

You must have been an awesome moderate debater to last that long at FP. I made one post there which was obviously not flattering to FR and the post was deleted and I was banned for life. No cusswords were used. Just blatant facts showing a glaring problem in relation to what was being discussed there.

Seriously congratulations on your efforts. I use to go to DrudgeReport.com to see what the other side was reading. What I found was the Drudge Report used it's headlines to make it's readers angry and then the Drudge heads would go to the link and start posting the most vile crap I'd ever seen.

I started going to Drudge on a regular basis and following the links to let the Drudge invaded site know where all the hate speech was coming from. I also factually debated those that could use more than one syllable words in sentences. In the posts I also left information to my source so those reading the thread had someway to verify my facts against the utter lies and slander the Drudgies would spew.

I also spend many hours taking the knowledge I learn here and elsewhere to debate in places where politics isn't the main theme but rather an independent internet business environment. I know the people I debate with won't change the minds of the die hard right wingers posting but I refuse my work place to polluted by their lies and bullshit!

I know the lurking learners got facts from my side of the debate (I use that term loosely here.) to counter the blatant lies of the other side. What I hate the most is it is relatively easy to create a great lie where it takes hours and sometimes days to get the facts necessary to prove the lie wrong.

Anyways kudos sir!