mothythewso

Overtone: You quoted me at 11:00 PM last night, something about my changing my voter registration to Independent. Then you stated that I'd have to be 70 to do that. In fact, I'm 68. I'm curious as to what you're inferring about my or anyone's else's age?

Was Edmund Burke a liberal or a conservative? Remember when Democrats, especially southern Democrats, were "conservative", and the Republicans like Dirksen got the Civil Rights Bill passed for LBJ. And then came Nixon's "Southern Strategy". Look, a bigot's still a bigot, no matter what they refer to themselves as. To quote Ms Palin, "You can't put lipstick on a pig!" God, I've probably just pissed off everybody. There's a reason why more people are registering as Independents. I used to be a registered Republican, but they stopped representing my values. And the Democrats don't reflect my values, either. I'm a pretty typical fiscal conservative/social liberal. So I'm bored beyond tears when I say I have reservations about global warming, when I say I don't agree with gay marriage on definitional, not moral, grounds (I'm OK with the reality), I'm a conservative cretin; when I state that I believe in evolution, that I'm at best an agnostic, I'm a godless fiend. And I'm sorry to say that I find that the former point of view predominates on these Forums (Fora?). But that's OK on this Forum, it's only one person's opinion; and the only opinions I care about are those of people I respect, or those who can argue their point cogently, dispassionately, and leave their personal prejudices locked up in their brain. But that's not acceptable, to me at least, on the Science Forums. I don't mind having my statements being questioned, even refuted. After all, I will have learned something. I don't even mind having my statements questioned, of being asked to back up my statements, of being asked for citations. If I can't back up my assertions, I shouldn't assert those statements as fact. I should be especially clear when I'm stating an opinion, no matter how much I personally believe it to be true. But I really hate the condescending attitude that so pervades any threads that deal with the perceived wisdom, dare I say the "liberal", enlightened point of view. Like global warming, or more accurately, climate change (with which I basically agree, yet still I have been vilified for not agreeing with totally), or, God forbid, Creationism ( which I personally think is hogwash, but I wouldn't be so crass as to tell that to my friend Debbie). One can disagree without being an idiot about it. End of post, need to pee.