Looks like you got your wish.
Jim,
If you are serious, if you do not want open discourse, if you only want us to pat each other on the back and tell us we are right and the rest of the world is stupid, then close down all the dissenters.
You are free to block my posting privileges. But then, what kind of a forum do you really have? I have been here under two names. I first came to your sight for the truth about what was happening with this young woman at the White House, Ms. Monica Lewinsky. I have been here under one of those two names ever since. I came here for the truth.
There are always three sides to the truth: your version, my version and the actual truth which lies somewhere in between. If you believe that eliminating one of those sides improves our chances at finding truth, then shut me down. However, while I am a strict Roman Catholic and believe in the sanctity of marriage, I do not believe we garner a deeper understanding of what that really means by closing down the opinions of those who disagree with us. Nor do I believe that denying others their dignity and rights under the spirit of the constitution is the root to a stronger celebration of that Holy Sacrament.
As an American, I too believe that individuals should prosper from their inginuity and imagination but not on the sweat and backs of the enslaved. Our deep held convictions do not become hardened through denial of rights or opinions. To love marriage and to love equality are not mutually exclusive and only by spirited discussion will we ever arrive at an accomodation of both (the truth). If you wish to sensor me out of a true discourse, by all means do so. I would gladly become an internet martyr and a minor patriot for this endeavor for I truly believe that without free speech there is no Free Republic anyway.
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Looks like you got your wish.
The idea that there are three sides to to truth and the “real truth” is necessarily located at the midpoint of what I say and what you say is a ludicrous canard. If I am wrong, or lying ( say, a holocaust denier) and you are upholding a fact (say, you;re a holocaust survivor) how is the truth located in the middle?
The idea that there are three sides to to truth and the “real truth” is necessarily located at the midpoint of what I say and what you say is a ludicrous canard. If I am wrong, or lying ( say, a holocaust denier) and you are upholding a fact (say, you;re a holocaust survivor) how is the truth located in the middle?