As I talked past you before, Sinkspur has been banned by cowards. You already know that calling him out is disingenuously futile. It is my opinion that Sinkspur's lessors could not fight for themselves, so he needed to be silenced. Truly pathetic of those who clicked "notify" and a black mark upon the owner.
I have not accused anyone on this forum of being a liar. I have called Trump a liar, perhaps the prince of lies, and to call him a liar is unfair to other liars. But nice job on your own 'straw' man. It was very good.
Hard as it maybe for you to believe, Carling, I do not view you as my enemy. I would never put you on ignore. I have agreed with you countless times, but it was unnecessary to respond because you made "our" point with force and clarity. When we disagree I have always seen you as a sparing partner. Helping me to fine tune my argument and my opinion. I have always respected you, and I have even apologized to you on a few occasions when I realized I was hitting below the belt. I do not ask or expect you to reciprocate my admiration for you.
I am saddened that we are at loggerheads over Trump, but I have no control over you. I can only control myself, and I am not angry, just gobsmacked at what I see as self-destructive behavior of people I respect, within the GOP, and dismayed that I thought I knew them better.
As proof of my sincerity, Carling, and my admiration for your intellect and judgement...tell me to leave, and I will leave. If you truly believe that I am a disruptor...that I am not 100% invested in making America better for my children, and all of us...tell me to go and I will leave you to your echo chamber.
I had no idea sinkspur had been banned. Good for the mods here for doing so. I hope it's just a suspension and he comes back after clearing his head a bit.
I'm not a Trump supporter, I think he's a clown, but reading some of the ad hominem vitriol here toward posters who merely won't join in the hatred of him has lowered the level of debate on this board. I'm not a Christian,and I don't turn the other cheek, so I've changed how I post to those who I feel disrespect people that don't at all deserve it. That's a fault of mine. I'm a fighter and have had to make something of myself from very humble beginnings, and it's my instinct to voice my opinion about what I think is right.
I've appreciated your posts as well for years, and do respect you. It saddens me to see such a change in posters I've respected for almost three years here, and many more on TOS. I agreed with sinkspur much more than I ever disagreed with him here, but seeing the same behavior and personal insult outbursts that ultimately led to me being banned at TOS for literally calling out JimRob on his hypocrisy has my defenses up.
NONE of us are happy with where we're going right now with the country we love. I literally believe we have an enemy to this country in the White House, and I admit I get upset when the focus is on a man who obviously loves America in Trump (even though I feel he's an egotistical doofus) than it is a lying, hateful, and ugly to her core person in Hillary Clinton, or the traitor who sleeps in the house I pay for him to sleep in every night as he literally is bringing terrorists into the USA.
I hope that makes sense. Families have disagreements, and I apologize if I've gone too far with you, because I know your head and heart are in the right place. I'd never want you to leave here. I'd just like to see a little more civility, and I hope that my extreme change in posting made that point. We'll make it through the primary season, and yes, I'll even vote for Jeb or Kasich if it comes to it, not that it matters here in Oregon.