Reply #108: my impression of so many of us

[orleans]

is that we're just trying to figure out what the truth really is, we discuss topics on this board with humor, intellect, skepticism, and passion.

we put ideas out there--like a good brainstorming session--toss them around, try to piece the puzzle together, try to read between the lines.

i admit i get a bit careful sometimes because i don't want to get into a fight with someone--on some threads that i read i don't respond at all.

but if DU started banning people based on the perception that they might be a CT it would break my heart. i love this place in part because of the diversity of thought and opinion (even when it goes against my own opinion--it still makes me think--even when it goes against my own opinion i don't think the other person doesn't have the right to their opinion).

to question "facts", to question "authority" is a positive characteristic. to accept all "facts" as ultimate truths is brainwashing. i do not feel that brainwashing is something DU would prefer.

we're suppose to be the "big tent" people, the accepting and tolerant ones. we're the folks who celebrate diversity rather than trying to squelch it. at least, that is my perception & opinion.

as for me--i'm not certain where i am on this: LIHOP or MIHOP? but either way i truly believe that things were not what they seem, that things were not the way we were told, and there is so much more than meets the eye at first glance.

and, therefore, i'm still looking for the truth--still trying to piece it together--still trying to wrap my brain around it.