Please, Anna, you know what he means. You get back what you sling out whether it's here in DR1 or in life for real.
I love debating politics, and political philosophies. Ask anyone! And I like to do it with humor. I would really enjoy having someone (other than AZB!) around with a really different opinion. But you have to be willing to listen, and respond rationally to arguments presented, to do that. And this child hasn't.
I am sick and tired of:
- Blatant off-topic political asides tossed into posts on interesting subjects that have no relation to the subject what-so-ever
- The posting of 5000 word manifestos plaigerized from other websites which often have little if any Dominican Republic content.
- The not-so-thinly veild threats, continual name-calling and denegration in every post, and refusal to respect the rights of others who have a diverging opinion
- The inability to address a thread topic instead of just starting a new thread. If he'd confine his posts to the topic, and his political rants to a thread for the political rants nobody else (inlcuding me, guilty!) would jump in to kill the thread. I know he knows how to create one!
- The complete disruption of the normal conversation on hundreds of topics of interest to the DR on just about all subjects including politics.
Oh I could go on forever. But civil discourse requires
civility. Respect even and especially for those you disagree with. Why? Because the whole purpose of the conversation is to win converts to your way of thinking. These posts clearly show that's not his intention. There is no need for anyone to behave this way to make a point. Unless your objective isn't to make a point, but rather just to provoke and disrupt.
Which is exactly what's being done here and one way or another it has to stop.