Reply #40: It's one thing to allow people with different points of view to post. [View All]

[BurtWorm]

They pat themselves on the back for that. But in my experience over there, only two--maybe three tops--ever actually engaged in respectful give-and-take dialogue. Was I always respectful to them? Of course not. That's the abominable nature of late American political discourse. But these guys have onion-skin thin epidermises and the sense of humor of gnats. Within two or three posts of an exchange, when they've grappled with the strawman they've made of my arguments or refused to answer my questions, they're congratulating themselves for "handing my ass to me." In the 1990s these same twits bellyached about poor people needing to work for what they get, but in argument, they're always looking for the winning lottery ticket to "kicking liberal ass." No hard work for them!