oldsalt1 wrote:Just want to get this straight . If someone on this forum wants to assail my beliefs by making public statements , he is only exercising his right to free speech. on the other hand my only recourse to address the situation is to have a private conversation. So he has the right of free speech but I don't.
One other point could someone please tell me what I said that was a direct attack on Moons character
One other thing,
I am not assailing your beliefs, if anything I am simply questioning them. On multiple post I have stated you have a right to your beliefs, and on multiple post you have stated that I basically need to keep them off the dress thread.
You are correct, of course. This thread really isn't the place for such rhetoric. But to be fair, many members have stuck their fingers in this pie. Only one seems to be getting bent out if shape. Only one is making post after post to not speak on it.
You don't want me to speak on it, but yet you want the last word. Who is silencing who here?
Please, quote me where I have advised you to be still, or any variation thereof....
On the other matter, I don't feel you have attacked my character. You are a man, proud of his country and flag. That is admirable. I am not taking this personally. You clearly have a different perspective on patriotism and civic duty than I. That doesn't make me better than you or vice versa. We are both citizens of the same nation and enjoy the same liberties. I do believe your heart is in the right place, and for that I don't think you are a threat to western ideals of liberty.
You just have your buttons, and I managed to push one. Three pages later we are no closer to finding common ground than before. I regret the comment I made, not because I don't stand by it, but that it has further incited division which was never my intent. My colorful remarks are meant to be thought provoking, not divisive. Understand that my character is probably a mix of New England sarcasm with southern rebel.
It has put me at odds with many on both sides if the Mason Dixon. You're not the first and you won't be the last.... and I'm sure the Europeans have no idea what to make of me...
I hope soon we can put this behind us.