Introduction and finding out if DU is right for me

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4. I'm not sure how you will fare here, but I welcome you.

I appreciate your honesty, and I think for someone who is probably more conservative than most DUers, you seem to be thoughtful and at least somewhat open to the opinions of others.

I'm not sure how the mods will feel though. Personally, I think as long as you are self-identifying as a Republican, I'd give you a pass, but it's not my website. I think we have an awful lot of Republican trolls here who are more than happy to sow dissension, argue only on one topic where DUers frequently disagree (guns in particular) and generally just make DU a worse place, but they like to pretend to be liberals.

I personally think as long as you keep your posts policy-based and fact-based I'd welcome a dissenting opinion. I don't have any problem with civil debate.