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I've done my best to keep my blog free of politics and opinionated positions on issues. It is my goal to be friends with everyone here and be respectful. It's not that I don't have very strong opinions and beliefs. It's just that on a forum like this, the conversation seems to degenerate into personal attacks and insults in about ten seconds.
I am a conservative. You've probably figured that out by now. And I think I'm probably in the minority here. However, I will respectfully listen to (read) everyone's views and leave relevant comments.
PUNDITS are often the topic of conversation around the blogosphere. They get a bad rap because supposedly they have an agenda and blindly follow their current political hero. They are portrayed as biased and irrelevant many times. In my opinion, many of the bloggers who do this are doing the very same things as the pundits, only without the credentials.
POLITICS is a sensitive subject for many people as it is directly tied to the exercise of our rights and privileges and has a direct bearing on our economic and social well-being. However, politics is not the solution to society's ills. It is not the cure-all for your personal economic woes. It is not the means by which we will all live happy and prosperous lives. It is NOT a morality although it is directly tied to moral judgment. (Even if you claim to be "amoral", that in itself is a moral judgment.)
PEOPLE offend and irritate me when they assume that their political or moral position on a subject is superior to mine. I am not an idiot because I am a conservative. You are an idiot for not realizing that I, too, have very good, sound reasons and LOGICAL arguments for maintaining the principles and standards that I do. I AM NOT BLIND. I have a college education and continue to study and read. My brain is just as logical as the next guy's. I was raised in the same America with the same rights, privileges and responsibilities as the next guy. However, too often, those who do not agree with someone, instead of responding with an intelligent, rational rebuttal, will make some snide, ridiculous remark that does nothing to further the conversation. I read some blogs and leave shaking my head. What gets me is that much of the criticism and mocking hurled at the right equally applies to the left and vice versa.
So, this very well might be the end of my "code of silence". I sincerely hope I don't lose any friends here as a result, but really, are they friends if they suddenly turn vicious when they realize that I do not agree with their "obviously superior thought process"? I doubt it.
