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Hi,

TheDoctorWasIn said:
I tried my best. I was only ever one voice of many, though.
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:)

It's all good. I've gotten a lot better at letting stuff roll off my back. I was still newish to forums when I started at USMB. A lot of hills I fought on that I wouldn't even consider fighting on now.

*mellow*
 
Amelia said:
:)

It's all good. I've gotten a lot better at letting stuff roll off my back. I was still newish to forums when I started at USMB. A lot of hills I fought on that I wouldn't even consider fighting on now.

*mellow*
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When I first started at USMB, I posted like a high school debate team captain. I'm still embarrassed by those posts.


I had come from a heavily moderated board, and I was thrown to the wolves on a board that didn't even have a word filter.
 
TheDoctorWasIn said:
When I first started at USMB, I posted like a high school debate team captain. I'm still embarrassed by those posts.


I had come from a heavily moderated board, and I was thrown to the wolves on a board that didn't even have a word filter.
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Which sort of brings me to what I like about this board.

Not too heavily moderated, but well-established rules. I don't get the sense of admin making things up as they go that I've witnessed elsewhere.
 
JMR said:
Welcome Wry Catcher. Hope you enjoy your time here.

Your name puts me in mind of J.D. Salinger. Is there another story?
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Wry Catcher is an amalgam, using both Salinger's and Uecker's book titles. I spent 14 years wearing the tools of ignorance, and have the knees, hands and shoulder as reminders.
 
Wry Catcher said:
Hi, Happy Holidays to all

For the past 10 years I've been posting on the USMB, and off and on I've sought other sites where the issues can be debated with decorum. Since the election of Trump the rhetoric on the USMB has devolved into the gutter. I surveyed other boards and decide to test this one after reading this forums rules.

I look forward to debates with mutual respect. I research my opinions and hope those on the other side of the aisle do too. I hope to convince others of what I believe, and also hope to learn from those who support ideas which conflict from mine.

You may notice I support opinion with facts and links. Most will be taken from the MSM, which my opponents on the former message board have been convinced is all Fake. We've come a long way from the days that Walter Cronkite, who was once called the most trusted man in the nation; too many MSM journalists have been labeled as liars, and too many radio and Fox talking heads have been trusted as truth tellers.

Now that the gloves are off, I look forward to the challenges to come. We live in a tumultuous time, history will be written well after all of us are gone; it is up to all of us to protect what our Founders and The Framers of COTUS left to us. Remembering, that they too had different opinions and somehow left to us the best form of governance the world has ever seen.

Wry
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Welcome! I've seen your username before although I don't recall if it was on USMB or some of the other political forums in which I've bounced around. I don't always use the same username, so I'll have to look up on USMB to see which one I used there before leaving for similar reasons you mentioned.
 
Wry Catcher said:
Hi, Happy Holidays to all

For the past 10 years I've been posting on the USMB, and off and on I've sought other sites where the issues can be debated with decorum. Since the election of Trump the rhetoric on the USMB has devolved into the gutter. I surveyed other boards and decide to test this one after reading this forums rules.

I look forward to debates with mutual respect. I research my opinions and hope those on the other side of the aisle do too. I hope to convince others of what I believe, and also hope to learn from those who support ideas which conflict from mine.

You may notice I support opinion with facts and links. Most will be taken from the MSM, which my opponents on the former message board have been convinced is all Fake. We've come a long way from the days that Walter Cronkite, who was once called the most trusted man in the nation; too many MSM journalists have been labeled as liars, and too many radio and Fox talking heads have been trusted as truth tellers.

Now that the gloves are off, I look forward to the challenges to come. We live in a tumultuous time, history will be written well after all of us are gone; it is up to all of us to protect what our Founders and The Framers of COTUS left to us. Remembering, that they too had different opinions and somehow left to us the best form of governance the world has ever seen.

Wry
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Welcome and I hope you find what you are looking for here.............. just a quick request before I leave you to wander. Any chance of PMing me the names of the other boards you looked at , I might be looking to move myself thx in advance
 
oneworld2 said:
Welcome and I hope you find what you are looking for here.............. just a quick request before I leave you to wander. Any chance of PMing me the names of the other boards you looked at , I might be looking to move myself thx in advance
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I only visited one other, but choose this one after reading the rules here. I still lurk on the USMB, but it is toxic and the rules are not enforced equally. I couldn't copy and post a post or thread by some of the regulars there, for they would clearly violate the rules here. In fact no serious debate can be had, since the partisan hacks use ad hominems like "libtard" and worse in off topic efforts to derail serious discussions.
 
Wry Catcher said:
I only visited one other, but choose this one after reading the rules here. I still lurk on the USMB, but it is toxic and the rules are not enforced equally. I couldn't copy and post a post or thread by some of the regulars there, for they would clearly violate the rules here. In fact no serious debate can be had, since the partisan hacks use ad hominems like "libtard" and worse in off topic efforts to derail serious discussions.
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Okay fair enough Wrycatcher , let's see how different you find this place . Enjoy it
 
oneworld2 said:
Okay fair enough Wrycatcher , let's see how different you find this place . Enjoy it
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Ten years at the other place and I'm only a "student" here which only allows me to make a few comments. One being, the USMB has dozens of regulars who believe Conspiracy Theories such as the deep state, Obama was born in Kenya, and Gun Control really means Gun Confiscations.
 
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