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In reply to the discussion: LaPierre: 'How Many Bostonians Wish They Had A Gun Two Weeks Ago?' [View all]Skip Intro
(19,768 posts)I haven't worked to undermine anyone.
I merely speak my mind, and I have a strange compulsion to call out bs when I see it.
I've been that way since I joined DU.
People were allowed to have differences of opinion back then.
You remember, right?
Everybody doesn't agree on everything all the time.
And it is bizarre to demand everyone pretend they do.
I'm merely talking reality as I see it.
And look at the personal attacks on me here, far removed from the topic at hand in this thread.
What is that?
For holding a minority opinion on this issue I get insults rather than discussion. Only by a few, but still - wtf is that?
Baffling.
But, I'm going to speak my mind as long as I'm here.
I'm not going to walk in lockstep or have others think for me.
I'm always open to discussion if the other person can get beyond the knee-jerk, adolescent name calling.
It does crack me up, though, to see the freak-out by a few when they encounter an opinion that differs slightly from their own.