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Well, as stated before whether Trump wins or not although I hope he remains president for endless reasons, after the election, more people will be wearing concealed weapons for protecting themselves and reality will finally sink in ( especially if fraud was committed during the election and the unsettled issue of the Biden crime family compromising Joe's office if he takes charge ). It could get pretty ugly and patriots will not kneel or surrender to BLM and ANTIFA.

As for discussing politics on CS, I think it will become a little redundant if it continues creating more hostility, and yet I predict arguments in threads and Blogs will probably grow significantly as some here will never stop. One particular character in Blogs I've been told many times has been here 10 years spewing misinformation and that is one nasty obsession. Personally, the real action will be on American streets, and eventually, people will be forced not to hide also depending on COVID19's direction... in other words, we will all have to make serious changes, and screaming online will be less attractive. I got my own plans of course and so do all of you. Family members and friends have a place in the Isle Of Man and that's where I would like to be.

Let me think about who this is... that's a tough one.

I know and they never apologize. They just want sympathy and moral support from similar members. Giving advice on proper behavior and being trolls themselves. Man is it funny.

Later.

We used to have some really heated debates in college, in the canteen...but never once did anyone ever make a single personal comment...ever and oh boy...did we get heated. Sometimes we'd be standing up waving our arms in the arm we'd be so passionate about it..but no one ever walked back to class feeling insulted or annoyed...Five minutes later we'd be working together the argument forgotten...

The world has changed so much since then. I've since heard college students trying to debate a few times and someone always turned nasty or personal by saying things like "you clearly dont' know what you're talking about..or "are you so stupid that you can't understand" or worse....the art of conversation and passionate debate seems to be dying on it's feet..

No truce individuals like that never apologize.

Have a good night.

And there's a perfect example of how not to behave....

This is exactly the problem!

Discussions are about IDEAS, not about people. Old-fashioned forums were anonymous and people used nicknames and avatars. It didn't matter who they were. The ideas they discussed mattered.

That's the reason why - in the past - people could have - for example - a heated political discussion. You read them and think that they would kill each other there. And then - the same participants would meet on a discussion about a new film (for example) and - they agreed there. They didn't drag their political disagreement on the thread about the film. If they had different political opinions, that didn't mean that they had to disagree about everything. And - in the end - those same people would end on some chatting thread and had fun together.

But, that is lost.

Nowadays people simply cannot make the distinction between an opinion and a person, neither when they themselves are concerned nor when others are concerned. They are too attached to their opinions and believe that they define them, as well as others. That's why they react so aggressively when someone challenges their beliefs, tend to call other people all sorts of names, place themselves and others in boxes and get more and more stuck. Instead of always growing, always learning, they are proud that they haven't changed their opinion for 20 years. Rigidity became a sort of virtue.

Old-school discussing is dead. This new way of discussing is more a fight between drunkards in a tavern or gossiping sellers on a market than a real discussion. It's some silly: "You said... You are...".

It's like that everywhere. If you stay on one place for a while - they will drag you into it. It's simply not possible to avoid, because such people dominate discussion boards nowadays. Some participants almost wait for you to say something they can later twist and use against you somewhere else. It's very toxic environment.

Unless you like to fight - it's better to avoid all serious discussions. And I plan to follow my own advice and finish this discussion with discussion about discussing.

From now on - just funny threads and chit-chat!