I take it that you knew it would be your last post when you wrote it? That's a great way to go out though .... go out with a bang! - saying exactly what you wanted to say and telling them off for who they were. That would have been awful if they had banned you just BEFORE you got to say everything you wanted.
Good analogy about the nobles from Braveheart.
I have no doubt that the moderator knew that I was saying goodbye. The only thing that makes me sad is that it probably only stayed up on the site for a few minutes before the whole thread was pulled, and I am not sure how many people read it.
I did hear from a conservative friend who was following the response to me being banned, and she said that my liberal "friends" were holding a cyber party celebrating my banishment from the site.
It has been fun to read the various threads in news and current events these past few weeks since the Iraq election though. I re-joined, this time with the moniker "blue finger", just so I could lurk and read, and laugh. These people just don't live in reality. Same with the anti-war protestors.
If you want to have a good chuckle, just go read a couple thread titles... They definitely give DU a run for the money in terms of paranoia and general unwillingness to accept the truth that the war has been a resounding success, and our soldiers who have died have not died in vain.
This post is dedicated to the Nobility at the Mothering dot commune - one of the few places on the web where reality has yet to sink in.
Jenny
Card Carry,
I feel that I should say before I add this link that I am in complete solidarity with the goals of Mothering Magazine and the family life they promote. I live this lifestyle and we have raised our five kids largely with the parenting methods that they encourage and support. Homebirth, nutrition, attachment parenting, etc..
That being said, for some reason, a large percentage of the families who get into this lifestyle are democrats, and have made a home for themselves on that board. Some were highly offended that I made the claim to be living this lifestyle while holding fast to my conservative beliefs and neo-con worldview. Many of the liberal parents I met were tolerant of other views, but some, were so wobbly in their political beliefs that they just could not TOLERATE any posts that might threaten those ideologies.
Here is the link if you want to go take a look.
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/forumdisplay.php?f=302
I'm still sad that I was banned, I have really missed the daily sparring with certain friends - you just can't have a good political debate with people who share your views. At least I find that talking politics with my husband, my family, friends at church, etc is just not as fun as jawing with Liberals. I learned alot about the Liberal worldview, and really, in many instances, once I was able to understand the way they think, It made it much easier to sympathize with certain die hard beliefs and ideologies.
I love current events, I love politics, I love debate, and I thrill with the opportunities that have been afforded to me as a stay at home mom, to chat with a variety of people in a variety of forums as if I was at a University simply because the internet has given me a forum to engage in.
I learned alot from that experience, and one of the things I have determined is that never again will I participate in a forum where I have to self censor to that degree. I love having a web site, because I can write whatever I want and no one can edit "me" out of my own writings to fit someone else's agenda.
Let Freedom Ring!
(and thanks for taking the time to read that monstrosity and respond - it came straight from my heart after months of frustration that I could not say similar things without fear of being punished.) I came to the point where I just didn't care anymore wether I was a part of it or not because I HAD to speak. I wrote it on the friday before the Iraq election.) I can assure you, I was sobbing as I watched Fox news and CNN on the sunday morning of the election and the people of Iraq validated every single position I had defended on that board. And it wasn't a gloating type feeling that washed over me either, it was this feeling of the absolute triumph of the human spirits desire to be free combined with Sadness that some had been murdered while voting (talk about voter intimidation and disinfranchisement!) and also absolute delight that these courageous people were going to set the standard for the middle east. Now we are two month out from that election day, and would anyone ever believe the domino effect that we have all watched and marveled over???
It is just a good time to be alive, that is what I think.
Jenny