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Originally Posted by HAMRetrofit
I can tell the difference, let me assure you. To clarify just look at Fastcarfreedom's posts he actually presents his case. I may never agree with a post you make but at least if you make a valid argument you may come off as someone worth listening too. Another thing to consider, if you post something you know that 90 percent of the people support and feel strongly about expect to get blasted. If you are going to do that at least bring facts to support your argument because obviously people are going to be hard on you.
If I walked into the National Rifle Association and advocated for gun registration what do you think the outcome would be?
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As far as I know, this is an open forum and is not comparable to the NRA.
I believe I know how to present an argument. I have presented link after link and fact after fact in the past, but it never got me anywhere. What do people remember? They
(incorrectly) remember that I stated that there is no truck traffic on Main Street and they use that as a point of reference for discrediting anything and everything I say. raisethehammer in particular has a weird revisionist way of taking things I have said in the past and completely misparaphrasing them.
It is one thing to be the only man in a room to hold a certain opinion --- it is quite another to be attacked and given inappropriate and insulting labels for simply holding that opinion. There is little give and take here. I do have respect for the opinions of others and have no trouble conceding points. I am ready to acknowledge my errors if I am proven to be wrong about something. However, I find it incredibly difficult to have even minute subsets of my own arguments acknowledged. Every little point gets shot down as if it were the most ridiculous thing ever stated.
I realize that my posts are not always a picnic to read --- I have readily conceded that on multiple occasions --- but let me insulate myself from the discussion for now. A number of people on this forum make it difficult for
me to read and participate in this forum and I have no problem with pointing out raisethehammer as my prime example. I find him to be rude and hostile and intolerant. I also find him to be flat-out bigoted in many ways (against suburbanites, et cetera). He has tried to have me blackballed on at least one occasion for simply arguing my opinion and has dismissed much of what I have said as a "waste of time".
I like to think that
my time counts for something too, and I do not think it is well spent reading raisethehammer's endless venom.