Guys, this board has really gone to shit and I'll admit I am part of the problem. We no longer discuss/debate ideas, concepts, etc. We call each other names and make personal attacks. I won't point the finger at anyone else. I have noticed a lot of posters have really cut back on their postings and some have not been posting at all. I suspect it is because the garbage they see on this board. Again, I'm not pointing fingers at anyone, I'll take responsibility for my actions.
I'm willing to take a different approach at posting and be more "civil," post less name calling and personal attacks. Are others willing to try to make a change?
I'm sure your post will fall on deaf ears. I haven't been on here long compared to others. I don't talk in real life like I tend to do here...this place is severely lacking in civil discourse and I'm to blame as well I'm sure. But when I came here it was already like that.
I can and do talk about politics with people of all types. I do live in a liberal part of the country, but I have a lot of friends in finance and a lot of them are Republican for financial reasons even though they are socially liberal. I have a lot of friends back in WV that thought Trump was going to save coal and therefore the WV economy. Most of them have figured out that was a sham and didn't vote for him this year...but that isn't relevant.
I can talk about stuff w/ them, but I can't have a civil conversation w/ anyone that is a "Trumper". If you say you can't stand the dude, hold your nose, and are honest about having other reasons for voting for him...then sure.
If you actually like Trump, the fact he tries to "own libs", that being a complete asshole is the way for Republicans to beat the Democrats, you think he actually gives a shit about the common man, if you think he's actually good for Democracy...then no. There is no sense in having a civil conversation.
Although, that doesn't mean the overall conversation here needs to stay in the gutter like it almost always is. That should change, but I don't see that happening. Trump, the right wing media, Twitter, etc have altered too many people's reality and I'm not sure how you put the genie back in the bottle now.