Re: Why are over 80% of Dock Chatters Republicans
I'm gonna put my 2 cents worth in here if you will oblige me being a little verbose. Please dig through the quotes as I didn't feel like formatting them.<br /><br />"theriver; <br />you are wasting your time and energy
Not that I'm not happy to see someone else take up the cause of beating some sense into these guys, but I just feel its fair to warn you: you will need a much bigger hammer than you'd expect."<br />WOODRAT<br /><br />OK, So, we need to have sense BEATEN into us. By whom, those of you who know what is best for us? I DONT THINK SO, (edit: tsk, tsk, Prof)! And you are correct. Its going to take a lot bigger hammer than YOU would expect.<br /><br /><br />"During my very short exposure to this site, it appears to me that so many people in this section of iboats are:<br /><br />(at least 3 out of 4 of the following)<br />Anti Democrat<br />Anti Gay<br />Pro War<br />and Christian Extremist<br /><br />Any idea why? (the rest of the country's stat's aren't the same, and they doesn't necessarily share the same views)"<br />THERIVER<br /><br />Please pay attention here: This is allegedly the purpose of the thread. Read on to the next segments.<br /><br />"I don't have a point, I had a question. Does anyone know why this board is so weighted with what seems to me to be:<br />Republicans (you mean to say that if someone is Anti-Democrat, they are automatically Republican?)<br />war advocates (your implication is the posts here suggest we LIKE war!)<br />in reading past posts on gays and gay marriages, there is a lot of anti gay rhetoric on this site!! (anything critical MUST be rhetoric if it opposes a special interest, right?)<br />Additionally, while religion is a great thing in moderation, its a little nauseating when piled on thick. (so is peanut butter! Just because people express their faith does not mean they are extremists. Your statement asserting this concept, however, is as extremist as it gets.)<br /><br />Not only are these 4 behaviors not typical of the vast majority Americans, but I can assure you, they wouldn't divulge themselves on a typical "general" web forum." THERIVER<br /><br />The idea you try to convey here suggests you are an expert on behavior. Are you? I cant help but have my doubts although I do admit I may be wrong.<br /><br /><br />"Getting back to my question, why is it that a person who questions the war in Iraq (for very good reason), has no issue with gays (by the way, how many thousand gays do you figure are fighting in Iraq right now?), are the minute few who oppose Bush, and roll their eyes when they read posts of a member conducting a sermon." THERIVER<br /><br />This isnt even a question!<br /><br /><br />"There appear to be 5-10% of people in dockside chat who may share views close to mine.<br /><br />That was my query/point/question. Nothing too serious." THERIVER<br /><br />What a fraud! This is the most deliberate TROLL I have ever had the displeasure to read on this forum. Nothing too serious, my (edit)!<br /><br /><br />"Besides, what would it matter anyway? Gay rights is about human rights IMO. When conventional divorce rates are 50% should government and the church still be dictating who can legally be allowed to get married? What an asinine concept. As for the anti gay rhetoric, its becoming more and more obvious to the mainstream public that the people who demonstrate the most disgust towards gays probably have underlying sexually oppressed issues they have yet to deal with." THERIVER<br /><br />Now I think I truly understand. You have a PHD in behavioral science and are completely in tune with the mindset of the mainstream public. I think Ill go see my shrink to explore my sexually oppressed issues. (Edit: little too strong, there, Prof)<br /><br />Lets face facts here THERIVER. Whatever your political, religious, social, or foreign policy beliefs are, the entire and SOLE reason for this thread was to incite angry and unreasonable reaction from Iboats members. Well, you partially succeeded but not with the results you wanted or expected. Many of the responses are from those who are left-oriented and they have agreed with those to the right: we like to discuss a wide range of subjects, and, most of the time, we get along great even when we disagree with one another. BYE BYE
