"if you don't want me here I'll leave"
I've only ever said that or something similar in response to what I felt was excessive aggression on a forum. It was never my intention to disrupt this community or step on any toes. I came to this forum labeled "Liberal_Spy" making absolutely no attempt to hide my political identity. From day one I put it out there that I was here to have discussions with a large body of people that disagrees with me, and that if that wasn't acceptable, I have no problem leaving. At that time more people than not seemed happy to have some opposition to throw opinions back and forth with.
I think some here are just angry that despite their many attempts to change my mind, I am still not a conservative. I listen to the things you say, but sometimes I choose to silently disagree with them. Look how heated some people got towards me for disagreeing with them in this thread. That is what leads me to drop conversations and stop responding to some threads; I'm not trying to piss anybody off. I am not closed off to information you present, and believe it or not, despite not being a conservative, my political views
have evolved as a direct result of using this forum.