Re: Why are over 80% of Dock Chatters Republicans
These posts are so much fun, I look forward to them, gives me something to do.<br /><br />I personally have no problem with the fact that the majority of this board leans hard to the right. Thats their business. The only time I ever take issue is when they express an impression that their belief system is the only system. In my book, a person can have any belief system they want as long as they understand that their belief system is only one of many, and is not any better or worse than any other belief system. A majority of anything is not right because it is a majority. It is just a majority. <br /><br />Sometimes the pack mentality does occur though. One person who is not part of this majority expresses something that is not well liked by the majority, and the next thing you know you have three pages of mostly heated rambling with little actual empathy or compassion. I know the question Theriver is asking. He is asking "why does the majority attack anyone outside their beliefs like rabids dogs, ripping and tearing with little care about anything beyond their world".<br /><br />I am more willing to ask the real question, but I am also smart enough to know the answer: Pack mentality, bandwagon, need to be part of a larger likeminded group, you name it. As individuals, you have a grouping of fine people here. You get their hackles up, they band together and tear the soul from whoever dared to want to live outside their realm. The thin-skinned need not apply here, it can be a brutal place. Me, they got nothin' that can touch me, so they can try to tear me apart if they want, does not matter. Once I disconnect from the internet, I still have my life to live by my standards, which are every bit as high, if not higher than theirs. And you know what, there isn't any one of them that I wouldn't have at my house for a delicious malted beverage and a bbq. I don't have to agree with someone to like them, thats just how I work.<br /><br />'Nuff said. Peace, out.......