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This post was last modified 6 hours ago by MichSwampbuck. Edited 1 time in total. 
Thanks for the welcomes. It is nice to be able to reply and not just lurk.
I guess my greatest motivation to join was the lack of respect I was getting at other boards. Plus, if I were to comment on other peoples' posts who were labeled liberal or leftist and added to anything they said, I was "one of them!". The political polarization is intense on the boards and the "you're either with us or against us" attitude is very apparent.
I'd like to debate and do deep research to find reasonable answers to questions or to support the facts of the matter. I'm not here for an echo chamber where people question your character if you aren't making the same noises they are. Its like you're only a good guy if you agree with them and the enemy if you don't. I'm here to get information and I treat the boards as an organic news feed network, not to argue politics and be called names.
I guess my greatest motivation to join was the lack of respect I was getting at other boards. Plus, if I were to comment on other peoples' posts who were labeled liberal or leftist and added to anything they said, I was "one of them!". The political polarization is intense on the boards and the "you're either with us or against us" attitude is very apparent.
I'd like to debate and do deep research to find reasonable answers to questions or to support the facts of the matter. I'm not here for an echo chamber where people question your character if you aren't making the same noises they are. Its like you're only a good guy if you agree with them and the enemy if you don't. I'm here to get information and I treat the boards as an organic news feed network, not to argue politics and be called names.
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