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There is no judgment about what members say, only how they say it. If you have a theory about Bigfoot, post it, then be prepared to defend. If you don’t like the politics of the people here, I suppose that would suck, but it’s a big internet. Moderation can’t change the politics. I’m not here (when I’m acting as moderator) to create a bubble chamber, I’m here to keep the place welcoming and discussion flowing freely.

It’s not your job to get people to think any certain way either. Stick to defending your points and do a lot less name-calling when someone disagrees. We’ll all be happier, including you.

So much we agree on and so many others we both disagree, so it’s only fair that I give you my opinion on this topic. I’ll break down what you said, not as an insult, but as a means for you to understand my perspective. I think it’s only fair that I ask that you consider each point made without knee-jerk judgment on me.

There is no judgment about what members say, only how they say it.

There is always both when a person talks and how they say it. I agree with you about the way you make an argument, but there is also the bias people hold against what you are arguing. This holds true today as it did in the past. People judge each other all the time whether they agree or disagree. To think otherwise is bad thinking. Even when you read a post of someone with whom you always agree,  you always hold back your thoughts of agreeing or not.  Challenging them on their arguments makes you and the person with whom you disagree stronger as you both have challenged each other’s thinking. It’s only when we become complacent with each other’s beliefs and comfortable with our own, that we become weak.

If you have a theory about Bigfoot, post it, then be prepared to defend. If you don’t like the politics of the people here, I suppose that would suck, but it’s a big internet.

Yeah, but I don’t agree with the politics of China as Mriana had caught on much earlier to my surprise.  It’s the idea of any organized group that gains power. “So you don’t like it? Go somewhere else.” To me, it reeks of command and control for anyone who does not conform to the group agenda, and it’s what the left has become to this day.

Moderation can’t change the politics. I’m not here (when I’m acting as moderator) to create a bubble chamber, I’m here to keep the place welcoming and discussion flowing freely.

I don’t want to say this because you’ll hate me for it. What you’re asking for (IMO) is a circle jerk. The worst thing every you could end up with within ANY discussion group is a place where all like “hive” minds agree. I’ve seen many times over the hive mind of both leftists and the right stroking the bad ideas of the members of those they admire and never want to offend. I get the rationale, but I can never subscribe myself to it as I have pissed off many of those who assumed I’d be knee-jerk agree with them. Needless to say, I have few friends.