Mary, > Kakki, if you believe that, then I, too, strongly encourage you to ask > for verification or documentation when the item is posted. The person > doing the posting may not have time to search for it, or may, as is > often the case with me, be dashing something off rather quickly from > memories of past reading or news broadcasts, but not be able to cite the > exact source at the moment. On the other hand, s/he MAY be able to > locate those sources quickly, or even have them directly at hand.
I have asked for documentation and it's either been ignored or not provided. When I have seen people posting things here that I don't think are fact, I have usually been the one to go to the trouble of locating facts which disprove the item being posted. Many oversimplified, illogical, biased and generlaized items and views are posted here that are never challenged. > Please do provide it! I can't speak for anyone but myself, but I am > *always* interested in seeing support, as I am open, I hope, to being > convinced by the evidence. Of course, the *interpretation* of that > evidence can only be filtered through the lens of one's own belief > system and experience, so any one of us may not be convinced by the > sources posted by someone holding another view. What about the reports, not only in the source I provided, but in many other widely disseminated mainstream news reports of people being banned from displaying American flags on campuses and in the workplace? Does this not bring into question a few things? > Please know, Kakki, that although I will most likely continue to > disagree with the vast majority of your views on political topics--I > would say, to put it mildly, that we're never going to be political > soulmates--I deeply respect and admire you for putting your views out > there and daring to stand up for and document them, even, or maybe > especially, at those times when you are in the minority here. That does > not mean that I will not counter what you write with another view, or > another source, if I think the subject warrants it. I know you have always been respectful, Mary, but I am really starting to be troubled by so many here who always preface remarks to me that "I don't agree with your political views" or "I will never agree with your political views" but "I will respect your right to them." I'm really not sure people here really know my real political views. I don't think I've have expressed them here in great depth. My being dubious of the Clintons or PC or being anti-Marxist or pro-defense are views held by many people across the political spectrum. It baffles me that I am perhaps "pigeonholed" here based on a few positions I've taken that have also been taken by many people in the country, regardless of political affiliation. My "politics" or "ideology" does not fit perfectly into any one platform. I believe and stand for very liberal concepts and causes but hate politics of division or tyranny no matter which side it is coming from. Kakki
