Well, I wasn’t defending Mormonism. Frankly, I think its weird. I was just trying to have a civil conversation, something that used to happen more readily here. Now, disagree with anyone and you get slammed, ridiculed, insulted. FR is a wonderful clearinghouse of information, and it helps to combat the bias of the liberal media (Pravda), but as a place for thoughtful conversation and civilized debate, no, sad to say . . . those days are gone.
Well, I wasn’t defending Mormonism. Frankly, I think its weird. I was just trying to have a civil conversation, something that used to happen more readily here. Now, disagree with anyone and you get slammed, ridiculed, insulted. FR is a wonderful clearinghouse of information, and it helps to combat the bias of the liberal media (Pravda), but as a place for thoughtful conversation and civilized debate, no, sad to say . . . those days are gone.
Open threads on the RF are known for their unrestrained rhetoric.
On all threads, but particularly “open” threads, posters must never “make it personal.” Reading minds and attributing motives are forms of “making it personal.” Making a thread “about” another Freeper is “making it personal.”
When in doubt, review your use of the pronoun “you” before hitting “enter.”
Like the Smoky Backroom, the conversation may be offensive to some.
Thin-skinned posters will be booted from “open” threads because in the town square, they are the disrupters.
http://www.freerepublic.com/~religionmoderator/
Thin-skinned (emotional, whiney or mercurial temper) posters are the disruptors on open threads.