Please don’t ever disrespect yourself in a debate. I appreciate your honesty, but do not think for a second it will convince someone to listen to you. It will do just the opposite.
There are “book smart” and “street smart” people. It’s just about your passion. Ever here of the 10,000 hour rule? If you have, then please excuse me. Basically it says if an average person spends 10,000 hours on anything... they will master it. It has a lot to do with heart/passion that’s all.
Now going back to what you said. It’s important to always listen and keep an open mind (even from a nut job Leftist). You can always learn something new, and it will make you better at understanding what you already know.
At any rate, you should try taking a an IQ test again. I bet you would score a lot higher than a 40. Good luck with life and Godspeed.
I appreciate your nice encouragement, but please accept my apologies if I was doing something to try to "convince" you or anyone else here.
I have tried to spend some time sharing some, as you called them even, honest feelings and even what I think is an honest situation in the state where I live. And it is encouraging that you mentioned a positive to understanding another side.
I wanted to let you know that "understanding" was all I really think I was wanting to do. I do not even know how I feel about what to do, how to handle it, and the more I see laws and legislation that blurs things, the more I realize there is so much more I don't even know or understand.
So I was not trying to convince but to open doors. (Now I did NOT say open borders, just open DOORS!) :)
Who knows, even some open doors might help us come a little closer to getting somewhere better than we are right now in the country.
But I was not trying to convince anyone, and if it came off that way in this thread, and I have indeed "done the opposite" ie turned people off, I apologize to any candidate I have hurt in the process, and I apologize for making anyone feel unworthy of their stand here.
Thank you for your sweet encouragement that I should re-take that IQ test. Perhaps I will when I'm in Heaven. I should get a perfect score then, whatever that is, and then I'll know that 40 wasn't worth fretting over to begin with.
Thanks for the good thought though.