Welcome, my advice is this:
write whatever you want to. You're obviously somewhat conservative, so I don't think you'll have a view that's so extreme that you'll be "zotted." I write whatever I want, I get along fine here. Don't worry about rules, or not writing vanity posts, etc. This is an Internet forum, it's fun, it's informative, but some people take it way too seriously. By the way, this was meant as much for others as it was for you. Welcome and have fun.
Imagine if everybody registered on FR thought the way you did, you dumb newbie.