I've got issues with both the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street--but I'm firmly in the center of this Venn Diagram. It would be nice if we could work together and concentrate on the parts where both sides agree--I think that would help both groups with the parts outside the intersection.
I am libertarian-leaning, interested in guns, old watches, books and politics. I like to debate--feel free to comment even (or especially) if you disagree with me.
One of my peeves is blogs that appear to allow comments but don't publish them, or only publish the ones they agree with, not explaining their rules. This is especially annoying when I discover this after spending time on a reply.
So far, I allow all comments that are on topic, without regard to whether they agree with me or not.
If someone makes a comment trying to take an internet squabble to the real world--outing a blogger, posting personal information, etc--I'll probably delete that. I will also probably delete posts that are trying to sell stuff, or promote another website more than they are on topic. Comments on fresh posts get published immediately, unless caught by Blogger's spam filter. Comments on older posts get held until I release them.
I do think there's truth to that.
ReplyDeleteI put it on my FB page.
We need to realize it's us--Americans--vs. too-large government and the corporations. Then we need to work together.