FR is just a portrait of America. There are educated idiots, uneducated geniuses, and just plain smart people and ignorant people. There is even a sprinkling of willfully ignorant and some control freaks. But we are all Americans in the fourth century of this great experiment in people's government and like all Americans everyone has an opinion.

I personally like the wide-ranging discussions on the various threads. It is amazing how people can be so wrong in their beliefs at times... Oh wait, was that me? I have had to re-evaluate some positions for sure, but nevermind, I am in good company as Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD); Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician) said: "The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error."

And it is such a treat when an expert in some field posts an article about something I had not a clue that even existed, and others explain it to me... It is like a university lecture, only better.

What I have learned in my life, and learned well, the learning of which is itself a funny story, is to always refer to the source document before you state what you think is a fact. And I respectfully suggest a reading of our Constitution, and a walk through any Veteran's graveyard, prior to stating a political position, lest your ideas be thought frivolous.

Another observation, after a few years here, is that opinions... everybody has one.... And posters on FreeRepublic are not loathe to share theirs, no matter how mundane, factually lacking, or stubbornly ignorant. They sometimes goad me to refute their posts though I am getting better at simply ignoring such determined ignorance. Thank goodness that after a while you can casually disregard posts from quite a few FReepers and concentrate on the rest who think before they post, have the facts at their disposal, make interesting observations and in short exibit the best qualities of those Americans who have made our nation great. Bless them, because I have learned so much from their posts.

SandwicheGuy (Medina, Mecca, MOAB... Coincidence, I don't think so) - My tagline dared I use it... ha ha.

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