Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<This really is the best community on the net, even IF it IS severely positioned on the left side of the country...I mean t"he asile">> Everyone needs a break from time to time and I can certainly respect your decision to take one. But I think the Liberal/Conservative ratio is a lot closer than you seem to believe. I compiled a list of LP'ers that frequently posted in WE and what I thought their viewpoint seemed to be. I'm sure I have not listed everyone that I should have, but any exclusion was NOT based on an attempt to spin the results. Conservative: DouglasDubh DAR DVC Dad HyperTyper wahooskipper Darkbeer JohnS1 DlandDug DlandJB Liberal: Friendofdd mrichmondj jonvn Dabob2 SingleParkPassholder RoadTrip melekalikimaka Kar2oonMan ElKay gadzuux That is pretty close... 9 conservatives and 10 liberals. Some people were pretty hard to classify... I classed DlandJB as a conservative, but she also takes what I consider a liberal view on some topics. I classed myself as Liberal, even though I take a conservative view on some topics. Maybe I should have created a "Confused Moderate" category for JB and myself!
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun Just read this and wanted you to know that I have enjoyed your WDW insight and stories about you kids. It would be great if you reconsider, but understand if you don't.
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun I did finally read all the way through and am glad you're still around. I have learned a lot about WDW from you!!!
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I don't think this has anything to do with Liberal and Conseratives. It's about sensitivity levels. This will come off as harsh but if you can't stand the heat stay out of the kitchen. Discussion Boards tend to always be on the snarly side, LP has been lucky to "most" of the time avoid that. Seems we've been round and round on this issue. Refresh my memory but isn't this now about the third time DVC_Dad has left and come back? I don't really feel one way or the other about it anymore since the whole July thing. Doobie clearly laid out the law of the land during that time. It's now up to each of us to accept that and participate in a way that makes it enjoyable for ourselves as individuals or move on. Things have been irritating me lately so I just back off my level of participation, come back when I know I'm less likely to post something that will agitate. Probably didn't work in this case.
Originally Posted By beamerdog >>I think you would find many of us would post in WE if we felt we could express honest opinion without getting flamed for it. I tried when I first joined LP, but now I just avoid that part of the board all together, it's just not worth the personal attacks.<< Amen. The problem is that I see more and more of that behavior seeping into sections like WDW General. I'm here a lot less than I used to be. I figure that a lot of the annoying posters will move on like many others have. That being said, I hate to have other posters with valuable opinions being "attacked".
Originally Posted By beamerdog Geez, that didn't come out right. There have been many posters leave who had valuable opinions. It's the annoying ones who can leave at any time and it's okay by me. Right or left is clearly not the problem.
Originally Posted By RAM1984 ^^Yeah beamerdog. I was once attacked in Disneyland General. I was fairly new to posting and it really shook me. I did get out of that thread and have since avoided that poster but it would take an awful lot to drive me out of LP completely. I do not want to give a faceless person that much power over me.
Originally Posted By DlandJB Maybe I should have created a "Confused Moderate" category for JB and myself!>> I'm not at all confused. I'm a self described Christian liberal with some conservative leanings in certain areas. But I make up my own mind about what I believe and I don't allow any political party to do it for me. We didn't have to register by party in Virginia. I'm registered Independent in CA and that I think is what best describes me.
Originally Posted By DlandJB Oh, but Dug will be tickled I come across as a conservative. We can't even discuss certain politics at home for the sake of the marriage!
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I just told someone the same thing this weekend JB - I'm a Christian liberal who wanders in the middle most days. Amen for thinking on your own!
Originally Posted By Lisann22 You being a conservative and friendofdd being a liberal in RT's post caused me to spit cornflakes across my kitchen this morning. ;> Which proves the point, we all read what is written opinion differently hence sensitivity.
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes I just want to say that I'm sick and tired of people posting about how sick and tired they are of other people posting how sick and tired they are about . . . . . (apolologies to Monty Python for stealing that)
Originally Posted By friendofdd I am conservative fiscally and socially, but do not wish to be identified with a political party and have been registered as independent since 1964. I think RT may have classified me as liberal because I do not support the current administration in many ways, but that has been true, of me, for most administrations. I believe, sadly, that most politicians start their public service to serve the public, but, almost inevitably, get caught up in the rascally trait of consolidating their power/authority/influence and that leads to self service. I also believe the topics of WE can be discussed in such a manner that personal and/or group attacks are unnecessary. Dealing in stereotypes when discussing political, religious, scientific figures/groups with whom we disagree can lead to an appearance of bigotry.
Originally Posted By avromark I'm a staunch Canadian Conservative - I vote for the Conservative/Reform party, although I think that one of the NDP MP's in my riding is a very noble person who truly cares about the constituents and I support her for that. She listens to everyone and actually follows up on community opinion. I will never support the Canadian Liberal party. That said Canadian Conservative is probably a lot closer to American Liberal then American Conservative. I'm pro economy, pro healthcare, pro education, pro family values. I respect gay people and some of my best friends are gay but I cannot in good conscience see marriage equal to hetrosexual, although I fully accept gay relations. I don't smoke, I don't get drunk, at the most I'll drink once a month. I haven't drunk since new years this year. I'm Christian. I don't believe in pre-marital sex. Some of my best friends have open relationships. I don't smoke weed, some of my best friends are stoners. Can't we all just get along? I have no idea how people here would classify me int he American ideological/political spectrum. I think Clinton was a damn fine president, so was Reagan. My Dubya opinion is he could do better, but I don't feel he is pure and utter evil. I want a big family, but I'm firmly entrenched in the bachelors realm. DVC - Want to adopt a lil' brother?
