I am very rarely "for or against" people. I am "for or against" issues. That may be a result of my 3rd party affiliation, or it may just be the fact that I try to differentiate between a person and their opinion. I have agreed with you in some cases, and not in others. But never to the point that I thought any less of you.

Andy, you're thinking too much. (This from me... who knew?)

Calm Down. This place is a place for people to write what they want to write about. Politics is a heated conversation. Trying to pull substance from other peoples disagreement with your political views is like wringing a dry sponge.

As of right now Andy, you are just another face in the crowd. (I say this because I, also, am just a face in the crowd) You want people to recognize what you do, as do I, but you just aren't a recognizable persona on JU yet. LW and Peter are JU staples. Even if you don't agree with them, or someone doesn't agree with them, they're still going to be here.

Why do you say with or against? It sounds acusatory, like if I'm NOT with you then I HAVE to be against you. Some people won't be either. I may personally not agree with your political opinion, but I really don't give a bat's lower back. You're a good guy and you write what you feel like writing, and I'll be there to tell you what I think.

Don't let the blogs get you down big man.

Peace,

Beebes

I suppose the title was a bit misleading, thats my fault. I don't mean to make anyone feel as if they have to choose, I'm enjoying the responses so far.

Alex it's good to see you made it home safely, I'll have to talk to you, the Cap'n, zoo, and carebear about how it went!

The only reason I avioid clicking people's articles is because I have given up on them posting anything of merit.

I'll concur with that. It is rare when I "write a blooger off," though I do on occassion.

If you see people embarassing themselves, you tell them to shut up. When you get into a discussion, you can get tunnel-vision, and forget where you are. You start playing deviil's advocate, you start getting a bit looser with the old philosophy, start maybe lettting yourself lean in ways you wouldn't normally if you were talking in a real-life, public place...

And then suddenly you are defending the KKK and saying Hitler was a genius...

Then your "friend" looks over and says "Gah, shut up, people can hear you", and you realize you are talking really loud and the entire room is sitting, looking at you with their mouth agape.

Yeah, it was kind of like that...

I said shut up, yes, and I meant it in the most humane way. I think your leanings are pretty well known now, little_whip, and they probably lean a lot further than we know (if we try not to read between the lines). You may not care how people take stuff, but the conversation as a whole doesn't look the same from the outside as it does from the inside. It was getting creepy, so I said, "shut up". Take it how you like.

And Hitler WAS a genius, he could not have come into power and done the damage he did if he were a moron

Here I disagree completely. Certainly Hitler was not mentally retarded. Most likely his intelligence was somewhat above average. But to call him a genius solely on the basis of his political and genocidal accomplishments is ridiculous. Any number of people have unleashed genocidal policies. All it takes is a lot of hate, a grim determination, and the tiniest modicum of imagination.

But that's a debate for another place.

Ladies and gentlemen, not here or they get deleted. I can see the attempt at making it a joke, but the underlying theme isn't very jovial.

Andy, don't worry i had kinda the same prob. and i posted an article about it on mine today before i read yours. I know you shouldn't care right but you kinda do just because you don't know why. I am the same way if that is it. Cause that is how i feel. I don't care what people think of me here though. Live your life like you want and everything will go good don't worry about things like this. Well at least try like i am.

~blondelife~