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kelliekat44

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5. I agree with most of what you said. But one thing that bothers me is that people seem to not be

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Thu Jul 30, 2015, 08:12 AM

Jul 2015

able to express their feelings about issues without being slammed for having a different point of view. It is not always about facts. Most people operate out of their feelings even their feelings about facts. Lately, feelings even based on facts. (ex. Bernie is a good candidate because his ideas line up with mine, however I feel he will not be able to win the general election and I am not sure about his positions regarding the Iran agreement of his positions about some social issues.) Express a sentiment like that and one get alerted. Or one can be alerted in trying to explain why some segments of society feel different than others.

Alerts are often ridiculous and sometimes border on denial of free speech.

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Who is winning the war of opinion vs. truth [View all] TexasProgresive Jul 2015 OP

No, this place has always been selective about what "truth" pipoman Jul 2015 #1

I still stand that there were some who stood for the truth TexasProgresive Jul 2015 #2

"stand"... there are thousands of members here pipoman Jul 2015 #4

When the truth comes wrapped in tin-foil or birdcage-liner, it is often resisted here. WinkyDink Jul 2015 #3

I agree with most of what you said. But one thing that bothers me is that people seem to not be kelliekat44 Jul 2015 #5

What you say has the ring of truth. TexasProgresive Jul 2015 #6